Intended Meaning
Resurrection here is understood as a cosmic transition from one material becoming to another, and this takes place through the two blasts into the Trumpet It is not a return to existence itself, but a transformation into a different existential state
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: interpretive
- Argument movement: resurrection is a cosmic transition to another becoming, not a return to existence itself.
- Key terms: resurrection, the two blasts, the cosmos, becoming.
- Degree of centrality: central.
This atom recasts resurrection as a cosmic transformation, not a literal restoration of previous life. In this way, the end is connected to a new cosmic structure rather than to the same cycle.
Links That Help with Reading
- Muhammad Shahrur The Book and the Qur’an
- The Book and the Qur’an and the Mother of the Book
- becoming
- The Qur’an Is Guidance for All People
Basis
- Supporting text: “He interprets resurrection as a cosmic transition from one material becoming to another through the two blasts into the Trumpet, not as a return to existence itself.”
Degree of Documentation
- Level: directly documented
- Meaning of the level: the atom rests on an explicit witness close to the wording of the claim.
- Limits of the reading: the formulation above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a literal quotation unless the witness is quoted verbatim.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is definitional; it fixes a meaning or conceptual distinction that Shahrur relies on in building the idea.
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Editorial Note
This serves Shahrur’s reading of the Last Day in a nontraditional way.