The book discusses the existence of the Creator and the function of the creature with a very important preface in explaining the methodology of the scientific search for truth among Muslim scholars and others, and the author explained the additions and details called for by the need for clarification and removal of confusion, some of which are included in the body of the book, and others are annotated in their appropriate places, some of which are included in the body of the book.

The book discusses the beliefs of Ahl al-Sunnah in a simple and smooth style that is free of complex terminology, while taking care not to exaggerate the length of the book and verbal tautologies that lose the importance of the book.

 The Book of Antiquities is one of the famous books presented by the author Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shaibani, and it achieved great fame and huge sales, as it dealt with it in a simple and clear style without linguistic complexities.