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
١٧٦
If it had been Our will, We should have elevated him with Our signs; but he inclined to the earth, and followed his own vain desires. His similitude is that of a dog: if you attack him, he lolls out his tongue, or if you leave him alone, he (still) lolls out his tongue. That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may 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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