and had we willed we could have raised him by their means but he clung to the earth and followed his own lust. therefor his likeness is as the likeness of a dog if thou attackest him he panteth with his tongue out and if thou leavest him he panteth with his tongue out. such is the likeness of the people who deny our revelations. narrate unto them the history that haply they may take thought.
ولو شئنا لرفعناه بها ولكنه أخلد إلى الأرض واتبع هواه فمثله كمثل الكلب إن تحمل عليه يلهث أو تتركه يلهث ذلك مثل القوم الذين كذبوا بآياتنا فاقصص القصص لعلهم يتفكرون