Third Point:
One may say that extraordinary phenomena fall into three categories. The first consists in being spared normal human needs; the second consists in knowledge that lies beyond human capacity; the third consists in powers that exceed human ability. Accordingly, Noah—peace be upon him, the first messenger God sent to humankind—said, “I do not say to you that I possess the treasuries of God, nor do I know the unseen, nor do I claim to be an angel” (Q 11:31). And God said to the Seal of the Messengers, ﷺ: “Say: I do not tell you that I possess the treasuries of God, nor do I know the unseen, nor do I say to you that I am an angel” (Q 6:50).

“Self-sufficiency” refers to doing without food and drink for an extended period; “knowledge” refers to informing people of matters hidden from them; and “power” refers to arduous bodily feats and to manipulating the elements through transformation, causing earthquakes, and the like. For occurrences of this sort the philosophers have proposed causal explanations. But as for the staff that turned into a living serpent, the she-camel that emerged from solid rock, and the like, they admit that such things are impossible on their principles and cannot be attributed to psychic forces.

Fourth Point:
Furthermore, even the phenomena they ascribe to the psyche exert an influence that, by their own admission, does not reach the point of sending down the Flood that drowned the inhabitants of the earth, nor of loosing the barren wind for seven nights and eight days without pause, which destroyed the people of ʿĀd, nor of uprooting the towns of Lot’s people and overturning them so that every one of them perished