15/08/2011 – The Pen Magazine

Issue 11 WORSHIP

Medical Interpretation of Fasting

The Pen15/08/201114/08/2014

Fasting Against Obesity, the Disease of the Era First, I will inform you about obesity, and then I will compare numerous but generally ineffective current treatments with Islamic approaches. The...

Issue 11 WORSHIP

King’s Open Treasury Day

Hamza Berat15/08/201114/08/2014

In a far distant country was an old man. During his lifespan, had he loads of opportunities to collect some money for his old age but he failed to do...

Issue 11 WORSHIP

Zakat in Islamic Civilization

The Pen15/08/201127/04/2014

Zakat means purification, refinement and abundance. Extracting the due share of the poor from one’s belongings given by Allah as rizq (sustenance) nd giving them zakat purifies man from spiritual...

FAMILY Issue 4

Women and Family in Risala-i Nur

Mehlika Yağmur15/08/201123/03/2012

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi established a spiritual university in Anatolia and in order to enroll at this university he demanded four essences which are impotence (ajz), poorness (faqr), compassion (shafqah), and...

Issue 11 SCIENCE

Science and Islam

The Pen15/08/201130/04/2014

1. Introduction Most learned people regard science as a reliable way of obtaining knowledge about the world and life because science requires healthy questioning and testing of ideas. Yet many...

Hajj Issue 11 WORSHIP

Pearls of Wisdom in Hajj

The Pen15/08/201119/05/2021

Hajj in Islam is fardh (compulsory) for every Muslim who is capable of and can afford it. Allah (SWT) orders in the Qur’an as follows, “Pilgrimage thereto is a duty...

Issue 11

ISLAM IS LIKE THE SUN. It cannot be extinguished by a blow!

Salahaddin Özel15/08/201111/01/2017

4. International Bediuzzaman and Risale-i Nur Symposium was held 4. International Bediuzzaman and Said Nursi Symposium, organized by Hayrat Foundation was held in Bursa Merinos Ataturk Congress and Culture Centre...

FAMILY Issue 11 SOCIETY

The Family Structure in the Balkans

The Pen15/08/201103/06/2014

Muslims of the Balkans The topic of this article is Muslim family in the Balkans with a focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the purposes of this article the term...

FAMILY Issue 5

The Real Identity of Women: Tasattur

Mehlika Yağmur15/08/201116/04/2014

Tasattur (Islamic dress code) is the most constant and the most sacred divine law pertaining to the community life. As 350 thousand Qur’anic interpretations (tafseer) and 350 million scholars (‘ulama)...

FAMILY Issue 11 SOCIETY

Muslim Family in North Caucasus

The Pen15/08/201124/06/2014

The North Caucasus is a very specific region of Russia. For almost twenty years there has been going on a so-called anti-terrorist operation, as a result, the republic of Chechnya...

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.

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The Pen Magazine 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.