قَالُواْ يَٰذَا ٱلۡقَرۡنَيۡنِ إِنَّ يَأۡجُوجَ وَمَأۡجُوجَ مُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَهَلۡ نَجۡعَلُ لَكَ خَرۡجًا عَلَىٰٓ أَن تَجۡعَلَ بَيۡنَنَا وَبَيۡنَهُمۡ سَدّٗا ٩٤
Qālū yādhal-qarnayni inna yaʾjūja wa maʾjūja mufsidūna fil-arḍi fahal najʿalu laka kharjan ʿalā an tajʿala baynanā wa baynahum saddā.
They said, "O Dhul-Qarnayn, indeed Gog and Magog1 are [great] corrupters in the land. So may we assign for you an expenditure that you might make between us and them a barrier?"
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (1)
- Savage tribes who had ravaged large parts of central Asia, committing every kind of atrocity.