11/03/2010 – The Pen Magazine

Issue 5

Editor: The true Invitation and the effective Representation

A.Cihangir İşbilir11/03/201023/09/2011

We are again together in current issue with the cover topic entitled “How to invite people to Islam?” We hope that the articles which our esteemed authors have written will...

Issue 5

Nothing but Adab!

Mustafa Topöz11/03/201030/03/2011

There is a truthful saying, which probably has never been fully understood by anyone or its secret never discovered, which is: “I entered the circle of scholarship and desired the...

Hereafter Issue 5

The Eternal Fruits of The Love for The Sake Of Allah

Cemal Ersen11/03/201008/03/2012

Human beings love many things such as first his self and relatives in the world. The most important duty of man is to love the world and creatures in the...

Issue 5 SOCIETY

Zuhd and Administration

İdris Tüzün11/03/201030/03/2011

Asceticism means not to appreciate and enjoy the world and its properties. In many verses of the Qur’an and the ahadith of the Prophet, the love of the world is...

DIVINE BOOKS Issue 5

Does the Qur’an Contain Everything?

Feride Karahan11/03/201030/03/2011

It is said that "the Qur'an contains everything." Could you explain this sentence? “There is not a grain in the darkness of the earth nor anything fresh or dry that...

Issue 5 RELIGION & BELIEF

Is Coming Into Existence Possible on its own ?

Salahaddin Özel11/03/201030/03/2011

Ranging from the atoms to the stars an extraordinary harmony is observed throughout the universe. Two alternatives are in question for this excellent and harmonic composition’s coming into existence. It...

Articles Issue 5 OPINION

The Impact of Da‘wah

Prof Dr Hj. Fadhlullah Jamil, MALAYSIA11/03/201014/10/2016

Introduction: Each time the Muslim ummah faced with a setback or a socio-religious down turn, Allah the Almighty with all His blessings and grace sent the mujaddid (reformer) or mujaddidun...

Issue 5 LEAD ARTICLE

The Principles of Invitation to Islam

Muhammed Zakir Çetin11/03/201012/04/2011

The activity of invitation to Islam has been described in a tafseer1 based upon the principles expressed in the verses of the Qur’an and hadiths. Reading those, we can highlight...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 5

The Odd One Out Community in the USA; Muslims

Ahmet C. Gülenay11/03/201021/11/2016

No doubt, the life became harder for Muslims after 9/11. Meanwhile, the raising conspiracy theories about it (the very well known one is coded with the term “Inside Job”) and...

BOOK REVIEW ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 5

An Abortive Initiation: A Necessary Engagement

Salahaddin Özel11/03/201021/11/2016

After the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York city, the radical posture adopted by American administrators towards the Muslim world was the beginning of a too tiresome,...

THE PEN MAGAZINE

Published since 2007 The Pen is an educational and cultural periodical covering the Islamic faith, worship, the issues of the Islamic world, and the struggle towards the unity of Muslims.

As of 2014 it started to be published biannually. Every print issue of The Pen has covered and shed light into the topics which are of great importance for the believers such as the existence and oneness of Allah (swt), the proofs of the existence of Hereafter, the mission of prophethood, the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his way of life (Sunnah), and the reasons behind the creation of man and the test of life.

As of 2022 The Pen started to publish online-only contents.

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