May 2012 – The Pen Magazine

Doubt in the Faith

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/04/2015

Having doubt in iman (faith) concerning the pillars of belief, such as the existence of God and the hereafter, is a mental confusion that occupies the mind and which might...

A Garden of Truths Issue 14

Marks of Islam

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/04/2015

Sha‘a’ir means ‘mark’ or ‘symbol’. Some modes of worship and social institutions are called sha’a’ir al-Islamiyya which are the things that symbolize Islam, are always seen in Muslim communities,...

A Garden of Truths Issue 14 Youth

New Generation

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201207/04/2015

“O you unfortunates who have given up Islam, which is the spirit of the two worlds, and who are like walking corpses! Do not stand in the way of the...

A Garden of Truths Issue 14

The unity of the Muslims

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/10/2021

The articles on The unity of the Muslims in the history of Turkish media first appeared in the Basiret newspaper in October 1873. The first article was written by Esad...

Health&Halal Issue 14

Hunting

Mohammad Mazhar Hussaini14/05/201214/10/2014

Hunting Hunting is the pursuit of game or other wild animals for food or sport. Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport are called game. A person...

A Garden of Truths Issue 14

Who is the most fortunate?

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/04/2015

The most fortunate is the person who: does not forget the hereafter for this world, does not sacrifice the hereafter for this world, does not destroy the life of the...

Issue 14 PHILOSOPHY SCIENCE

The Contribution of Imam Nursi in the Fields of Religion and Philosophy

The Pen11/05/201222/06/2012

Dr. Oghuz Mashkur Khan Bediuzzaman Said Nursi was born in 1877 in a small village called Nurs, in the district of Hizan, a province of Bitlis (Turkey). He was an...

A Garden of Truths Hereafter Issue 14

The Fear of Death and Hiding behind the Wall

Muhlis Körpe08/05/201216/04/2014

During a conversation in a working environment when he was with his mother, I asked a question of a young man who is a student in a prestigious university and...

Allah Issue 14

Al Hafiz – The Protector

Mahmut Babur08/05/201231/08/2016

Al-Hafiz (الحفيظ) is one of the names of Allah (swt). It comes from the verb ‘hifz - to preserve’ and literally means ‘to preserve, to guard and to protect’. In...

Issue 14 SOCIETY WORSHIP

The Spiritual Jihad

Muhammed Zakir Çetin04/05/201223/03/2015

While in the past, under certain conditions, Muslims were ordered to engage in jihad against their enemies as a defence, in today’s world of chaos, uncertainty and lack of final...

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.