إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌۢ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ Qur’an Al-Muminun (23:25)In huwa ill a rajulun bihi jinnatun fatarabba s oo bihi h att a h een in
So he may recover from his “madness” or die.
I construe this to be a speech of another group among them. They thought he was mad, and best left alone. His madness would run out, or he would come to an evil end.