▪ ‘Gog and Magog’ (Yaʔǧūǧᵘ wa-Maʔǧūǧᵘ) are thought by many commentators to be Mongol or Tatar tribes of Central Asia (cf. Eze. 38-39 and Rev. 20:8) – BAH2008.
▪ ec7 Q 18:94 qālū yā-ḏā ’l-qarnayni ʔinna yaʔǧūǧa wa-maʔǧūǧa mufsidūna fī ’l-ʔarḍi fa-hal naǧʕalu la-ka ḫarǧan ʕalā ʔan taǧʕala bayna-nā wa-bayna-hum saddan ‘They said: O Dhu’l-Qarneyn! Lo! Gog and Magog are spoiling the land. So may we pay thee tribute on condition that thou set a barrier between us and them? | Q 21:95-96 wa-ḥarāmun ʕalā qaryaẗin ʔahlaknā-hā ʔanna-hum lā yarǧiʕūna [96] ḥattā ʔiḏā futiḥat yaʔǧūǧu wa-maʔǧūǧu wa-hum min kulli ḥadabin yansilūna ‘And there is a ban upon any community which We have destroyed: that they shall not return. [96] Until, when Gog and Magog are let loose, and they hasten out of every mound’