وَلَوْ And if walaw We willed shi'nā surely, We (could) have raised him larafaʿnāhu with these bihā [and] but he walākinnahu adhered akhlada to ilā the earth l-arḍi and followed wa-ittabaʿa his (vain) desires hawāhu So his example famathaluhu (is) like (the) example kamathali (of) the dog l-kalbi if in you attack taḥmil [on] him ʿalayhi he lolls out his tongue yalhath or aw if you leave him tatruk'hu he lolls out his tongue yalhath That dhālika (is the) example mathalu (of) the people l-qawmi who alladhīna denied kadhabū [in] Our Signs biāyātinā So relate fa-uq'ṣuṣi the story l-qaṣaṣa so that they may laʿallahum reflect yatafakkarūna
And if We had willed, We could have elevated him thereby,1 but he adhered [instead] to the earth2 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.3 So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.