Contemporary Interpreters' Opinions on Ya’juj and Ma’juj Based on Narrative and Intellectual Implications: Analysis and Criticism

Ya’juj and Ma’juj are signs of apocalypse in Islam, Christianity and Judaism. One of the sources of cognition is ma’surah narrations and hadiths (those originated from the Infallibles) and the advent of Isra’iliyyats by the fabricators of narrations with contradictory themes has added to the complexity of this puzzle. Influenced by narrations and the role of social developments in knowing their identity, Muslim commentators have come up with different conclusions in different periods. Social events and developments such as the Mongols’ attack have been instrumental in recognizing their identity. The new assertion that images of all parts of the earth are transmitted to satellite cameras, and not finding a dam as old as the one mentioned in religious scriptures and congruent with its features has put the contemporary commentator in a new predicament. This article has collected and criticized the opinions of prominent contemporary commentators, and reliance on rational reasons, empirical evidence and narrative sources devoid of interpretation are the result of this study. According to the findings, the Mongols tribe has no congruity with the two tribes, and the interpretation of arrogant states is also in conflict with narrations. The group without covering corresponds to Ya’juj and Ma’juj and is the preferable view, but the passage of time will reveal more facts about these two groups whose rising is one of the signs of Imam Mahdi’s (a.s.) appearance.