What does the hadith "Allah was, and there was nothing before Him" indicate?

The questioner : (peace and blessings be upon him) Allah was, and there was nothing. Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, it is authentic, because if there had been anything with Allah, it would have to be like Allah.

The questioner : According to your statement, Islam holds that it is ancient and that it continues to be with Allah, yes.

The Shaykh : But is it like the eternity of Allah? But there was nothing in our position. It is known that there is nothing. There is no contradiction between the two wordings, because there is nothing before Allah and nothing coexisting with Allah, because the thing is the created, and the created must necessarily be after the Creator, as we have established.

The questioner : Let us be silent, O Shaykh. Huh? By Allah, I do not know.

The Shaykh : No, we say if a person says, "By Allah, my mind does not grasp this discussion, and this discussion has not been explained in a definitive manner in the Qur'an and the Sunnah," if I say that Allah has always been and continues to be the Doer, and I remain silent, the person is not to be blamed.