Sixth Preliminary
(from page 558, 1st edition 467)
Just as miracles that hide the truth cannot be equal to miracles that appeal to reason, prophecies and news-of-the-unseen from past ages which are similar to the style of astrologers and fortune-tellers and rabbis and historians, cannot be equal to such prophecies and news about the unseen that are not merely news but rather a certain Divine power accompanies them.
non-Divine Prophecies that also come True
For in this world, there are many people other than prophets who tell of such things before time such as: earthquakes will happen, plagues will come, fights will occur, drought will fall, and one nation shall wage war against another - and this will happen and that will happen - and often some of their news turns out to be correct. Therefore, to erase such doubts, only those prophecies and knowledge of the unseen will be powerful and complete with which there are such signs of Divine power in which fortune-tellers and dream-interpreters and astrologers cannot be peers and - and it is forbidden and it is impossible for them; i.e. they do not have the passion of God's perfect glory and great spark of His help - such help that evidentially points towards His special attention. Also, they are composed of such news of Divine assistance about the proponent's victory and the opponent's defeat; one's respect and the opponent's disgrace; and one's ascendancy and the opponent's descent; all is disclosed with complete detail.
I will write at the appropriate place (in this book), and I have already said something about it (above), that such high-level prophecies are only particular to the Quran, and reading them shows a world of Divine majesty.