Guidance on the hadith: "The first thing Allah created was the decree"

Question : Yes, Fahd. May Allah preserve you. Regarding the statement that the creation of the Throne preceded the writing, how is the hadith "The first thing Allah created was the decree" reconciled?

Answer : Yes, it is reconciled by understanding that the meaning is: He said to it, "Write." Thus, the priority is with respect to Allah's saying to it; that is, from the moment He created it, He said, "Write." This is the apparent meaning of Ibn al-Qayyim's statement here. The second meaning is that the first thing Allah created was the Pen, with respect to the observations we witness.