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