From the Quranic Arabic Corpus - Ontology of Quranic Concepts

Gog and Magog (يأجوج ومأجوج) are a group of people mentioned in the Quran who are kept behind a great wall. This category is part of the following classification in the ontology: Concept (root) Living Creation Sentient Creation Human Historic People Gog and Magog (يأجوج ومأجوج)

Quranic Concept Gog and Magog يأجوج ومأجوج Translation God and Magog Transliteration yajūj wa-majūj Parent category Historic People

Gog and Magog are referred to in verse (18:94) of chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave):

Sahih International: They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"

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Concept map for Gog and Magog. Related concepts are highlighted in blue.

Knowledge Base

// Predicate logic relations for the ontology concept gog-and-magog:

(subclass gog-and-magog historic-people)

See Also

• Verse List - Show other verses related to this concept in the Quran (4 occurances)
• Gog and Magog - Wikipedia article
• Quran Index - Index of Quranic concepts

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