Then the nobles of his people belied him, and said to their commoners: "He is only a human like you who does not distinguish himself over you by anything, and he does not intend by his word except leadership and favor over you, and had Allah willed to send to us a messenger He would have surely sent him from the angels, we have not heard of the likes of this among who preceded us of fathers and grandfathers. And Noah is not but a man who has a touch of madness, so wait until he recovers, thus he leaves his call, or he dies, so you find relief from him."