February 2012 – The Pen Magazine

Hereafter ONLINE ARTICLES

Lamenting Souls from the Fear of Unending Conclusion

Emre Karahan24/02/201221/11/2016

Throughout the human history there is a general concept of hell (Jahannam) and Paradise (Jannah) in minds such as “Hell is one of the last stations, end of worldly pleasures...

Allah Qur'an

Pronoun “we” in the verses

The Pen24/02/201222/12/2016

In some verses of the Qur'an we see that Allah Subhanahuwata'ala uses the pronoun "we" instead of "I". This raises a question in minds: There is only one god, so...

Allah Hereafter

A story and what it refers to

Cemal Ersen24/02/201214/10/2014

One method we use to convince people in daily life is to present examples. Starting a sentence “Let me give you an example,” we see that a good example can...

ISLAMIC WORLD ONLINE ARTICLES

The Six Common Diseases in the Islamic World-3

A. Said GUL17/02/201221/11/2016

The Love for Enmity One of the most important reasons of the misunderstandings, disputes, and conflicts among Muslims and Muslim states is the love for enmity. It is necessary to...

Articles Issue 22

Husrev Efendi in Said Nursi’s perspective

Metin Ucar17/02/201214/10/2016

The portrayal of Ahmed Husrev Altinbasak in Said Nursi's treatises shows his significant place in the Risale-i Nur movement. Ahmed Husrev Efendi was born in AH 1315 / AD 1899...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 13 SOCIETY

Organizing Muslim Religious life in Macedonia

The Pen17/02/201221/11/2016

Progress in social and technological fields brought about positive developments in the mentality of Macedonia’s Muslims, and thus helped to organize religious life. By Suleyman Recebi, President of Islamic Union...

ISLAMIC WORLD ONLINE ARTICLES

Despotism in the Middle East: A View from Bernard Lewis

Salahaddin Özel17/02/201221/11/2016

The question as to whether Islam and democracy are compatible with each other has been widely debated. In these investigations Islam is always considered as the agent that needs to...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 13

Think Tanks and the Future of the Islamic World

İdris Tüzün10/02/201205/11/2015

Think tanks, the collective intellect of society, produce systematic and specialized knowledge, which in turn means power. What is a Think Tank? Think tanks are institutes where ideas are produced....

ISLAMIC WORLD ONLINE ARTICLES

The Six Common Diseases in the Islamic World-2

A. Said GUL10/02/201221/11/2016

Before the westernization period it was seldom to see or hear someone’s lying among nobles and politicians. It was pretty shameful action. The adoption of the western style culture and...

Allah RELIGION & BELIEF

Whom to worship: a dilemma story

The Pen10/02/201217/02/2012

The person who does not accept and believe in one god has to accept all the other things as his gods, and worship them; but the one who believes in...

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.

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.