The book’s thesis argues that reforming Islamic thought does not come about by reviving the inherited tradition as it is, but by re-centering the Qur’an and freeing its interpretation from the cognitive tools that have stifled creativity, as in Rebuilding Islamic thought requires liberating knowledge, jurisprudence, and politics by returning to the Qur’an. From this perspective, ijtihad becomes open-ended; jurisprudence becomes a historical human understanding, not a sacred text; religion becomes an ethical framework that forbids excommunication; and politics becomes a pluralistic civil domain founded on rights and human legitimacy.