And had We willed We could have raised him because of the revelations, but he clung to the earth and followed his own desires; his condition therefore is like that of a dog; if you attack him he hangs out his tongue and if you leave him he hangs out his tongue; this is the state of the people who denied Our signs; therefore preach, so that they may give thought.(176)
Wuxuu yidhi Eebbe, “Muusow waxaan kaa doortay dadka [sabankan] diriddayda iyo la-hadalkayga dartiis ee qaado waxaan ku siiyey ahowna kuwa mahdiya.