By Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi Translated by Mawlana Ibrahim Muhammad Amin From the discourses of Hakim al-Ummah Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi, after Jumu‘ah prayer, 21st Ramadan 1348 AH [Hakim al-Ummat Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi, may Allah shower His mercy upon him,] said: ‘Whatever the scholars of kalam have said regarding the Being and Attributes of the Divine is, in reality, only a defense from the errors of the People of Innovation and Atheism. It should only be restricted to what is known in academic nomenclature as manaʿ (theoretical probability). This would mean that if such and such a condition is found, this…