A world that is enduring, stable, and perpetual
It is by no means possible that our Creator should possess this world resembling a temporary guest house, but not possess another, perpetual world that is stable, and that is...
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi and the youth
Youth is a great blessing which we can make eternal by spending it in the way of Allah (swt). The nations’ hope of future is the youth. Countries expect the...
The spiritual bonds among us
It is our responsibility to know the spiritual bonds that can bind Muslims to each other for the unity of Islam. One hundred years ago, one young man delivered a...
What is holy for families?
What is spoken most in family is its most holy. Family life is the special place where people express themselves in the most comfortable way, and show their true personalities...
Hayrat Foundation
Hayrat Foundation was established in 1974 in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul by Ahmed Husrev Altinbaşak, successor of Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, after whom he led and continued his mission. The main targets...
International Student Symposium
Yıldırım Beyazıt University and the Federation of International Student Associations (UDEF) are organizing an International Student Symposium in Istanbul on November 6th, 7th and 8th 2015. The symposium will discuss how...
The Pen 24th Issue
July – December 2015 Islamic world in need of Risale-i Nur Editor’s letter: He who knows his Lord saves his hereafter Y.Emre Pehlivan The spirit, ego and nafs Ali Kurt Allah (swt) has...
Editor’s Letter: He who knows his Lord saves his hereafter
Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah, In this issue you will find articles about nafs, intellectual arrogance, servanthood to Allah (swt), spiritual crisis of the West (and its effects in the modern...
Creating one thing and everything
Whomsoever is not able to create everything cannot create anything, and whomsoever is able to create a single thing must be able to create everything. Imam Bediüzzaman Said Nursi explains...
The spirit, ego and nafs
Allah (swt) has granted human with a domain of legal and illegal and a will and freedom to choose between them. Human is tested with this faculty called nafs which...