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

١٧٦

 176. And had We willed, We would surely have elevated him therewith but he clung to the earth and followed his own vain desire. So his parable is the parable of a dog: if you drive him away, he lolls his tongue out, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls his tongue out. Such is the parable of the people who reject Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So relate the stories, perhaps they may reflect.