الاعراف — Al-A'raf Ayat 176
وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنٰهُ بِهَا وَلٰكِنَّهٗٓ اَخْلَدَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُۚ فَمَثَلُهٗ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِۚ اِنْ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ اَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَثْۗ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَاۚ فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوْنَ
Wa lau syi'nā larafa‘nāhu bihā wa lākinnahū akhlada ilal-arḍi wattaba‘a hawāh(u), fa maṡaluhū kamaṡalil-kalb(i), in taḥmil ‘alaihi yalhaṡ au tatrukūhu yalhaṡ, żālika maṡalul-qaumil-lażīna każżabū bi'āyātinā, faqṣuṣil-qaṣaṣa la‘allahum yatafakkarūn(a).
"And if We had willed, we could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought."