Quran glossary · draft

مأجوج

Magog

The proper name of a people paired with Gog.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2

Lemmas: مأجوج

Forms: مَأْجُوجَ · مَأْجُوجُ

Occurrence examples (2 of 2)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.

18:94

قَالُوا۟ يَٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَأْجُوجَ مُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَهَلْ نَجْعَلُ لَكَ خَرْجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَجْعَلَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ سَدًّا

21:96

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُم مِّن كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنسِلُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

Both unrooted proper-name occurrences pair Magog with Gog. The first describes the paired peoples as corrupters for whom a barrier is requested; the second announces their release and rapid emergence. Case remains compositional.