March 2013 – The Pen Magazine

The Journey to the Kaaba, the centre of the world

The Pen25/03/201319/05/2021

By Omer Dabanli The Kaaba with its cubic form is the most sacred place of the Muslims. As a place of the main worship of Islam, it has a deep...

A Garden of Truths DIVINE BOOKS Issue 17

The Qur’an is a Cure

The Pen25/03/201309/07/2013

By Ali Cirit The Qur’an, as it declares itself, is a cure for both material and spiritual illnesses. The Qur’an, which was sent as the last book by Allah (SWT),...

Issue 17 RELIGION & BELIEF Sunnah

The Truth about Mediation in Islam

Muhammed Zakir Çetin25/03/201308/11/2016

By Zakir Cetin Mediation and mentioning the names of blessed people, things and places while praying to Allah (SWT) has been dealt with in many verses and hadiths. We will...

A Garden of Truths Issue 17 Sahabas

The Principles of Happiness

The Pen25/03/201303/05/2014

By Ahmad Masud The only true happiness, not only in the hereafter but also in this world, is to be found within the boundaries of the Sunnah of the Prophet...

Allah Issue 17 PILLARS OF FAITH WORSHIP

If Allah is intangible, why do Muslims turn to the Kaaba during Salah?

The Pen25/03/201302/01/2015

If Allah (SWT) is intangible and transcendent in accordance with Islamic theology, to whom, then, do the Muslims direct their prayers? Allah (SWT) is free from space Being the Creator...

INTERVIEW ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 17

Turkey may pose a good model for its region

The Pen25/03/201321/11/2016

Interview with Dr Mohammad Siddik* TP: Africa has been subject of colonization and exploitation so far. Do you think the engagement of Turkey in Africa will bring prosperity to both...

Allah DESTINY Issue 17 PILLARS OF FAITH

The Grace of Allah

Metin Ucar12/03/201327/05/2014

Sometimes man considers himself the real doer of his actions under the effect of his delusions about himself. By that means he becomes alienated from the grace and mercy of...

Scholars

Lessons of Wisdom from Abu Wuhaib (R)

Zafer Zengin12/03/201314/10/2014

Abu Wuhaib (R) was a fountain of wisdom for the Muslims of his time as well as those of later centuries with the life that he led. The original name...

Issue 17 LEAD ARTICLE PHILOSOPHY

Are we really able to see?

Mehmed Kurt12/03/201307/05/2014

Basirat (insight) used in Islamic sources has a different connotation than when it is used as a term in secular contexts. By that word, a kind of spiritual faculty is...

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