April 2012 – The Pen Magazine

Hereafter Issue 14 Sunnah

Is Shafa’ah (Intercession) Right?

İdris Tüzün27/04/201222/06/2012

The lexical meaning of Shafa’ah Sayyid Sharif Jurjani says the following in Tarifat: Shafa’ah is to demand forgiveness for major sins. Tahanawi says it is “a request to attain a...

DIVINE BOOKS Issue 14

Tawafuq, the Cipher in Qur’an and the Book of the Universe

Zafer Zengin27/04/201230/04/2014

We see that some words that have been used casually by a major part of the society are indeed in contrast with our faith. Unfortunately, this situation escapes most people’s...

Issue 14 WORSHIP

What Do the Movements in the Prayer Mean?

The Pen27/04/201222/06/2012

What do the movements of salah such as qiyam, ruku’ and sujud represent? Answer: Niyyah (intention of prayer): Niyyah is the decision of the heart,the declaration of the reasons behind...

HISTORY&CULTURE

Questions on the Expulsion from Heaven

The Pen25/04/201214/07/2020

We know that Prophet Adam (PUH) was expelled from Paradise for his well-known sin which is the requirement of man’s nature and contrary to that of the angels. But some...

HISTORY&CULTURE Prophets

The Flood of Noah

The Pen23/04/201214/07/2020

Was there a pair from each animal species in the Noah’s Ark? If so, wouldn’t it be an enormous Ship? And also, did the Flood of Noah cover the whole...

ONLINE ARTICLES

Tolerance among Muslim brothers

A. Said GUL20/04/201214/10/2014

For the survival and the peace of healthy personal and social life, maintenance of unity in the Muslim society, a healthy spiritual life among Muslims, there is desperate need to...

ISLAMIC WORLD ONLINE ARTICLES

How did Europe achieve the Union?

Salahaddin Özel20/04/201221/11/2016

The European countries have succeeded to establish a union after long centuries of religious and political clashes with each other. Though they are not totally free of problems, currently they...

ONLINE ARTICLES WORSHIP

Why Worship?

Yunus Emre Pehlivan20/04/201227/05/2014

“O you people, worship…” (Baqara, 2:21) First of all, we must say that “we worship because our Creator tells us so.” We all know that there is great profit and...

Sunnah

Truthfulness of Hadith Imams

The Pen19/04/201214/07/2020

How did Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi explain the truthfulness of the Hadith Authorities and the Great Hadith Imams? In different parts of the Risale-i Nur, Imam Bediuzzaman made various statements...

DIVINE BOOKS

Revelation and Inspiration

The Pen19/04/201207/05/2014

How did the revelation descend upon the prophets? Was there any revelation without a means? Does the inspiration come directly or through a means? The revelation is descended upon a...

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.