A second account holds that the former body entirely ceases to exist and Allah later creates that very body again. Its central difficulty concerns numerical identity: in what sense is the newly existing entity the very individual that existed earlier?
Supporters appeal to statements about the passing away of creation, including كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ (al-Qaṣaṣ 28:88).
Yet the term perishing does not automatically settle whether every constituent becomes absolutely nonexistent. The ending of an organism's structure and condition may also be under discussion. A conclusion of total annihilation therefore needs its own supporting argument.