Prophet Nuh

The chiefs of the people laughed at Prophet Nuh (A).

One of their leaders stepped forth and said, "You are

nothing but a man like ourselves. We don’t see

anything special about you. You have only a few

followers and they are the poorest and the lowest from

among us. We do not think that you are better than we

are. In fact, we think you are a liar!" (11:27) The chiefs

thought that just because they had a lot of money, they

were better than Prophet Nuh (A) and his followers.

They used this as an excuse not to believe in Islam.