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 (of the men of old), that haply they may take thought.
و اگر مى‌خواستيم [مقام‌] وى را با اين آيات بالا مى‌برديم، ولى او به زمين دل بست و از هواى نفس خويش پيروى كرد. پس حكايت وى، حكايت سگ است كه اگر بر آن بتازى، زبان برآورد و اگر رهايش كنى باز هم زبان برآورد. اين حكايت قومى است كه آيات ما را تكذيب كردند