The book builds its overall thesis on the idea that the authority of religion is settled in favor of the Qur’an as the definitive text, and that the Sunna can only be understood within this framework, as in the Qur’an is the governing reference over the Sunna and hadith and the Sunna is divided according to context into an obligatory messengerly Sunna and a historical prophetic Sunna. From here, it redefines practical authority by linking binding force to what is connected with the message and legislation, while making what is connected with prophethood a historical and interpretive field, as in the messengerly Sunna is binding in the sphere of the message and legislation, not as a second revelation and the prophetic Sunna, political history, and hadith are a human domain open to criticism. This deconstruction extends to the contemporary reality and politics, where the Sunna is read through a critical Qur’anic lens and the use of hadith to consolidate authority is exposed, as in re-reading the Sunna in modern and political terms requires criticizing inherited sacralization and placing consciousness above authority.