August 2011 – The Pen Magazine

Truth, to be told

Muhammed Tahir25/08/201116/04/2014

As I was still a little kid, just after acquiring the ability to read, I started devouring many many books, as they were whole new worlds to be discovered. It...

ONLINE ARTICLES

Thank You For Listening and Reading!

Feride Karahan22/08/201103/05/2014

Nowadays more attention is paid to making people better speakers and writers. Everybody wants to be listened and read. This is a very good thing but there is a question...

End of the Tunnel in Syria…

A.Cihangir İşbilir22/08/201121/11/2016

“Deadlock” is the best word describing the current situation in Syria. Syrians do not hope for help either from Russia with which they’ve made millions of dollars of armament contracts...

ONLINE ARTICLES

A Better Ramadan in Turkey

Yunus Emre Pehlivan22/08/201122/08/2011

This Ramadan brought many differences to Turkey. Although many express that they miss the old Ramadans, for the last few years Ramadan has been better in Turkey. Especially this one...

ONLINE ARTICLES

May it be us who are responsible?

Salahaddin Özel22/08/201122/08/2011

We are enjoying the Holy month of Ramadan of 1432, or are we really? Using the word ‘enjoy’ I mean spiritually uphold and practice holy month. It is a moment...

HUMAN RELATIONS ONLINE ARTICLES

A Bridge Between Hearts

Emre Karahan22/08/201106/08/2012

Understanding the meaning of life and being a human at the utmost level just with a sincere smile… A smile that warms the hearts… It is like having a spiritual...

Issue 11

Wisdom in the Specified Times of the Five Daily Prayers

The Pen16/08/201124/08/2011

Performing Salat five times a day has been designated by the Quran and Sunnah. Salah is one of the five pillars of Islam. As the fact that Salah is fardh...

Issue 11 WORSHIP

Mystery and Necessity of Salah

Salahaddin Özel16/08/201131/03/2022

WE PERFORM SALAT, SALAT MAKES US HUMAN The reason for the creation of the universe, namely humans is worship, which is stated in the versicle of the Quran as “I...

Issue 11 WORSHIP

Meaning and Necessity of Worship

The Pen16/08/201107/05/2014

يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُواْ رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ People, worship your Lord who created you and those who lived before you, so that you may become...

Issue 11

Tawhid and the Statement of Shahadah

The Pen16/08/201124/08/2011

Tawhid is to profess the oneness of Allah, to know him The One only, that is the unification of the existence of Allah. It is to believe that He is...

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 is published biannually. Every print issue of The Pen covers and sheds 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. The Pen is inspired by the Risale-i Nur Corpus written by Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi who is one of the most effective scholars of the modern age, and who addresses the minds, the hearts, and the souls of people in a convincing manner in his books.