The Difference of Opinion Among Exegetes Regarding the Location of “The Junction of the Two Seas” (majmaʿ al-baḥrayn)

Exegetes differ in their opinions about the location of the junction of the two seas (majmaʿ al-baḥrayn), which means the meeting point and connection of two seas. They have presented several possibilities, and the final determination depends on comprehensive exegetical, historical, and geographical research. According to ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī in the exegesis al-Mīzān, the junction of the two seas (majmaʿ al-baḥrayn) is the eastern end of the Roman Sea (Mediterranean) and the western end of the Persian Gulf; that is, the part of land that is considered to be at the eastern end of the Mediterranean and, from another perspective, at the western end of the Persian Gulf, which has been metaphorically called the meeting place of two seas (majmaʿ al-baḥrayn).(20) Other possibilities have also been suggested.(21)