and had we willed we could have raised him because of the revelations but he clung to the earth and followed his own desires his condition therefore is like that of a dog if you attack him he hangs out his tongue and if you leave him he hangs out his tongue this is the state of the people who denied our signs therefore preach so that they may give 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