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وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنٰهُ بِهَا وَلٰكِنَّهٗٓ اَخْلَدَ اِلَى الْاَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوٰىهُۚ فَمَثَلُهٗ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِۚ اِنْ تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ اَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَثْۗ ذٰلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِيْنَ كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰيٰتِنَاۚ فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُوْنَ  ( الأعراف: ١٧٦ )

walaw
وَلَوْ
And if
shi'nā
شِئْنَا
We willed
larafaʿnāhu
لَرَفَعْنَٰهُ
surely We (could) have raised him
bihā
بِهَا
with these
walākinnahu
وَلَٰكِنَّهُۥٓ
[and] but he
akhlada
أَخْلَدَ
adhered
ilā
إِلَى
to
l-arḍi
ٱلْأَرْضِ
the earth
wa-ittabaʿa
وَٱتَّبَعَ
and followed
hawāhu
هَوَىٰهُۚ
his (vain) desires
famathaluhu
فَمَثَلُهُۥ
So his example
kamathali
كَمَثَلِ
(is) like (the) example
l-kalbi
ٱلْكَلْبِ
(of) the dog
in
إِن
if
taḥmil
تَحْمِلْ
you attack
ʿalayhi
عَلَيْهِ
[on] him
yalhath
يَلْهَثْ
he lolls out his tongue
aw
أَوْ
or
tatruk'hu
تَتْرُكْهُ
if you leave him
yalhath
يَلْهَثۚ
he lolls out his tongue
dhālika
ذَّٰلِكَ
That
mathalu
مَثَلُ
(is the) example
l-qawmi
ٱلْقَوْمِ
(of) the people
alladhīna
ٱلَّذِينَ
who
kadhabū
كَذَّبُوا۟
denied
biāyātinā
بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاۚ
[in] Our Signs
fa-uq'ṣuṣi
فَٱقْصُصِ
So relate
l-qaṣaṣa
ٱلْقَصَصَ
the story
laʿallahum
لَعَلَّهُمْ
so that they may
yatafakkarūna
يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
reflect

Wa law shi'naa larafa'naahu bihaa wa laakin nahooo akhlada ilal ardi watta ba'a hawaah; famasaluhoo kamasalil kalb; in tahmil 'alaihi yalhas aw tatruk hu yalhas; zaalika masalul qawmil lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa; faqsusil qasasa la'allahum yatafakkaroon (al-ʾAʿrāf 7:176)

Sahih International:

And if We had willed, We could have elevated him thereby, but he adhered [instead] to the earth and followed his own desire. So his example is like that of the dog: if you chase him, he pants, or if you leave him, he [still] pants. That is the example of the people who denied Our signs. So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought. (Al-A'raf [7] : 176)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

If We so willed, We would have elevated him thereby; but he clung to the earth and followed his desires. So, his example is like the example of a dog, if you attack him, he pants with his tongue protruding, and if you leave him alone he still pants with his tongue protruding. That is the example of those who rejected Our signs. So, relate the chronicles, so that they may ponder.