Surah Al-A'raf, ayah 176

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

Walaw shi'nā larafa'nāhu bihā walākinnahū akhlada ilal-ardi wattaba'a hawāhu famathaluhū kamathalil-kalbi in tahmil 'alayhi yalhath aw tatrukhu yalhad dhālika mathalul-qawmil-ladhīna kaddhabū bi'āyātinā faqsusil-qasasa la'allahum yatafakkarūn

And if We had willed, We could have elevated him thereby,⁴²⁰ but he adhered [instead] to the earth⁴²¹ 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.⁴²² So relate the stories that perhaps they will give thought.