Location of the witness: The Book and the Qur’an, p. 322.
Established Text
In his account of the material human being, Shahrur says that every human has a formula consisting of materials, their proportions, and their configuration, and that this formula is “with God, Glorified and Exalted be He, and is reassembled.” He then states that “the body that died remains in the earth.” This establishes a distinction in his account between the dead body and the reassembly of the material human being.
The Limits of the Claim of “Cosmic Transition”
An editorial anchor frames resurrection as a cosmic transition from one material becoming to another through the two blasts, rather than a return to the same existence. However, this anchor is not connected to a raw context, and its metadata indicates that the text was not found in the raw source. Attribution of this detail to Shahrur therefore remains subject to verification, and it is not presented here as an established quotation from the book.
What Does the Witness Not Settle?
The verified witness does not mention the two blasts or describe resurrection as a “cosmic transition.” These two details therefore cannot be inferred from the text on reassembly alone. Nor is the available material sufficient to determine that “becoming” is a specific term for resurrection in Shahrur’s usage here.
Reading Connections
For the broader context: Muhammad Shahrur The Book and the Qur’an and The Book and the Qur’an and the Mother of the Book. For the terminological entry: becoming. The existing connection with The Qur’an Is Guidance for All People remains a reading link, not evidence for the claim about resurrection.