2012 – Page 16 – The Pen Magazine

Dhul-Qarnayn-2

A. Said GUL13/01/201207/04/2015

Throughout human history, man had built up many archeological structures. Most of them were fortified castles and cities by strong walls as a defense mechanism. Those castles, city walls, great...

Issue 13 Scholars

A peak of wisdom and knowledge

Feridun SAMIL12/01/201216/04/2014

A short life story of Imam Shafii, the scholar who ‘filled the earth with knowledge’ Imam Shafii, born in Gaza, Palestine, in 150 AH/ 760 AD was the imam and...

ONLINE ARTICLES

From Paradise to the World; but why?

Yunus Emre Pehlivan12/01/201221/11/2016

Man was first in Paradise. But when Adam (peace be upon him) was expelled from it, his children had to live in the world, which brought two crucial consequences: eternal...

BOOK REVIEW ONLINE ARTICLES

A Closer Look at the Country of Major Uprisings: EGYPT

Salahaddin Özel08/01/201227/05/2014

What happened to the so-called Arab spring which was cheered so enthusiastically at the outset by the western public opinion and western elites? Well, it is now anything but a...

HISTORY&CULTURE ONLINE ARTICLES PORTRAITS

The history has many interesting subject, characters, events ex... Although the writing invented around 3500 BC, “the established, known history of humanity stretches back approximately four thousand years. This deficient,...

ONLINE ARTICLES

Deal of All Times

Emre Karahan06/01/201214/10/2014

All around the world, the definition of “existence” is the basis of all discussions, debates. Yet in the basic aspect of this reality is that it is divided into two...

Allah Issue 13

Ar Rahim – The Most Merciful

The Pen06/01/201231/08/2016

Rahim is a special name of Allah’s SWT. In terms of vocabulary it derives from “rahm” and “rahmah” and expresses the continuity of them. It means “most merciful.” (Elmalılı) Ibn...

ONLINE ARTICLES SOCIETY

Backbiting detested

Yunus Emre Pehlivan06/01/201221/11/2016

A famous Arabic saying is as follows: "I never stoop to vexing my enemy with backbiting, for backbiting is the weapon of the weak, the low, and the vile." Although...

THE PEN MAGAZINE

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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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