Al-A'raf 7:176 ولو شينا لرفعناه بها ولاكنه اخلد الى الارض واتبع هواه فمثله كمثل الكلب ان تحمل عليه يلهث او تتركه يلهث ذالك مثل القوم الذين كذبوا باياتنا فاقصص القصص لعلهم يتفكرون ١٧٦
وَلَوۡ
شِئۡنَا
لَرَفَعۡنَٰهُ
بِهَا
وَلَٰكِنَّهُۥٓ
أَخۡلَدَ
إِلَى
ٱلۡأَرۡضِ
وَٱتَّبَعَ
هَوَىٰهُۚ
فَمَثَلُهُۥ
كَمَثَلِ
ٱلۡكَلۡبِ
إِن
تَحۡمِلۡ
عَلَيۡهِ
يَلۡهَثۡ
أَوۡ
تَتۡرُكۡهُ
يَلۡهَثۚ
ذَّٰلِكَ
مَثَلُ
ٱلۡقَوۡمِ
ٱلَّذِينَ
كَذَّبُواْ
بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاۚ
فَٱقۡصُصِ
ٱلۡقَصَصَ
لَعَلَّهُمۡ
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
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If We had willed, We would have elevated him with Our signs, but he clung to this life—following his evil desires. His example is that of a dog: if you chase it away, it pants, and if you leave it, it ˹still˺ pants. This is the example of the people who deny Our signs.1 So narrate ˹to them˺ stories ˹of the past˺, so perhaps they will reflect.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Story Bal`am bin Ba`ura
`Abdur-Razzaq recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that Allah's statement,
وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِى ءاتَيْنَـهُ ءَايَـتِنَا فَانْسَلَخَ مِنْهَا
(And recite to them the story of him to whom We gave Our Ayat, but he threw them away) "Is about Bal`am bin Ba`ura' a man f
…Story Bal`am bin Ba`ura
`Abdur-Razzaq recorded that `Abdullah bin Mas`ud said that Allah's statement,
وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَأَ الَّذِى ءاتَيْنَـهُ ءَاي
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