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Deity
I can see that. I don't agree, though, that the Koran gives insight into such a being. Agreeing with "there is a prime cause" does not lead to "the Koran is God's word" very well.
That a very critical conclusion, but from agreeing with "there is a prime cause" we lead to conclusion that there is God. Everything beside human live in their own nature and one with the system of life. We call it in Islam fitrah or nature of something. While they born they live in cycle of life and routine activity. The only entity in this world that live not as their nature or like a cancer is human. In Islam we say it as human have a good fitrah or nature, but it is their desire and their denial or transgression to following their lust who make them ashtray as it say in surah At Tin
La Qod holqonal Insana fi ahsani ta'wim
Indeed we create men in the best stature
Tsumma Rodadnahu asfala safilin
then we reduced him to the lowest of the low
ilalladzi na amanuu wa amilusholihati falahum ajrun ghoiru mamnuun
except those who believe and do righteous deed for them is the endless reward
In this ayah it explaining all men are good in nature but most of them fall to the lowest of the low even lower than animal because of the wrong deeds that they done. And for those who believe and do righteous deeds is the one who keeping their nature.
And Quran is a guide and reminder for our purpose in life and for the meaning of our existence. None of us choose to live this life, we are appear in the middle of it as this life been force to us. You not choosing to be an American as do the Japanese not choosing to be a Japan, as you not choosing to live under a rich parents as other don't choose to live under a poor parents. This life is come to us as mysteries. As something that come and we can't deny it, it force us to question the meaning of our existences, the one who set us up in this life, and what does He want. And as do Bible and Torah so Quran also been given to us so we been guide, and know the reason of our creation and existences, and to correct what ever been corrupted before, and to address what ever not been address before. Quran is a chain of scripture, as a Bible is a chain of scripture to Torah. Muhammad (pbuh) is a chain of prophet as Jesus (pbuh), Moses (pbuh), David (pbuh), Noah (pbuh) until Adam (pbuh) are chains of prophet hood.
And if religious peoples or ahlu kitab tell me to worship God of Israel alone, and not to take association with other beside Him. And I will tell him "that exactly what I do or I trying to do in my life"
That is Islam.