7:176
وَلَوْشِئْنَالَرَفَعْنَٰهُبِهَاوَلَٰكِنَّهُۥٓأَخْلَدَإِلَىٱلْأَرْضِوَٱتَّبَعَهَوَىٰهُ ۚفَمَثَلُهُۥكَمَثَلِٱلْكَلْبِإِنتَحْمِلْعَلَيْهِيَلْهَثْأَوْتَتْرُكْهُيَلْهَث ۚذَّٰلِكَمَثَلُٱلْقَوْمِٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِنَا ۚفَٱقْصُصِٱلْقَصَصَلَعَلَّهُمْيَتَفَكَّرُونَ١٧٦
walaw shi'nā larafaʿnāhu bihā walākinnahu akhlada ilā l-arḍi wa-ittabaʿa hawāhu famathaluhu kamathali l-kalbi in taḥmil ʿalayhi yalhath aw tatruk'hu yalhath dhālika mathalu l-qawmi alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā fa-uq'ṣuṣi l-qaṣaṣa laʿallahum yatafakkarūna
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.(176)