Examples given in Quran

 وَلَوْ شِئْنَا لَرَفَعْنَاهُ بِهَا وَلَـكِنَّهُ أَخْلَدَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ وَاتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ فَمَثَلُهُ كَمَثَلِ الْكَلْبِ إِن تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْهِ يَلْهَثْ أَوْ تَتْرُكْهُ يَلْهَث ذَّلِكَ مَثَلُ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا فَاقْصُصِ الْقَصَصَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ 7:176

(Fathe Muhammad Jalandari)
اور اگر ہم چاہتے تو ان آيتوں سے اس (کے درجے) کو بلند کر ديتے مگر وہ تو پستي کي طرف مائل ہوگيا اور اپني خواہش کے پيچھے چل پڑا. تو اس کي مثال کتے کي سي ہوگئي کہ اگر سختي کرو تو زبان نکالے رہے اور يونہي چھوڑ دو تو بھي زبان نکالے رہے. يہي مثال ان لوگوں کي ہے جنہوں نے ہماري آيتوں کو جھٹلايا تو ان سے يہ قصہ بيان کردو. تاکہ وہ فکر کريں 7:176

(Muhammad Assad)
 7:176 Now had We so willed, We could indeed have exalted him by means of those [messages]: but he always clung to the earth and followed but his own desires. Thus, his parable is that of an [excited] dog: if thou approach him threateningly, he will pant with his tongue lolling; and. if thou leave him alone, he will pant with his tongue lolling. Such is the parable of those who are bent on giving the lie to Our messages. Tell [them], then, this story, so that they might take thought.7:176

(Yousaf Ali)
 7:176 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.7:176