The Heights
7. Al-A'rāf
الأعراف
al-A‘rāf (The Elevations)
ٱلْأَعْرَاف
7:176
وَلَوْ
شِئْنَا
لَرَفَعْنَاهُ
بِهَا
وَلَكِنَّهُ
أَخْلَدَ
إِلَى
الْأَرْضِ
وَاتَّبَعَ
هَوَاهُ
فَمَثَلُهُ
كَمَثَلِ
الْكَلْبِ
إِن
تَحْمِلْ
عَلَيْهِ
يَلْهَثْ
أَوْ
تَتْرُكْهُ
يَلْهَث
ذَّلِكَ
مَثَلُ
الْقَوْمِ
الَّذِينَ
كَذَّبُوا
بِآيَاتِنَا
فَاقْصُصِ
الْقَصَصَ
لَعَلَّهُمْ
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
wa-law shiʾnā la-rafaʿnāhu bihā wa-lākinnahū ʾakhlada ʾilā l-ʾarḍi wa-ttabaʿa hawāhu fa-mathaluhū ka-mathali l-kalbi ʾin taḥmil ʿalayhi yalhath ʾaw tatrukhu yalhath dhālika mathalu l-qawmi lladhīna kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyātinā fa-qṣuṣi l-qaṣaṣa laʿallahum yatafakkarūna
Had We wanted, We could have raised him to an exalted position but he clung to his earthly life and followed his own (evil) desires. Such person's bad habits are like those of a lazy dog (in a warm climate) who always has its tongue hanging out whether you chase it away or leave it alone. Such are the people who have called Our revelations mere lies. (Muhammad), tell them such stories so that perhaps they will think.
