Mustafa Yılmaz – The Pen Magazine

Issue 35

Fountains predestined for goodness

Mustafa Yılmaz30/06/202112/07/2021

“Water is life.” Following the advice of the Prophet (asw) “The best charity is to give water to drink”, Muslims have made great efforts to deliver water to people and...

Issue 34

Symbol of the Conquest: THE HAGIA SOPHIA MOSQUE

Mustafa Yılmaz08/01/202127/01/2021

After the conquest of Istanbul, Sultan Mehmed II added a mihrab, minbar and minaret to Hagia Sophia and turned it into a mosque and built a madrasa to the north...

Issue 32

Bukhurdan (Censer)

Mustafa Yılmaz13/07/202014/07/2020

Bukhur, which comes from the Arabic word “bakhur,” is the name given to substances such as plants, roots and seeds that emit good odours or fragrant smoke when burned. In...

From the latest issue Issue 31

Scribble (Karalama) in Islamic Calligraphy

Mustafa Yılmaz22/07/201918/09/2019

Mustafa YILMAZ The art of calligraphy is a branch of fine art mastered by means of its own methods and principles in a teacher-student relationship. Calligraphy is a challenging way...

Issue 30

Kufic script

Mustafa Yılmaz19/11/2018

The origin of the Islamic style of writing goes back to the Nabati script of Aramaic origin. Kufic was developed from the Nabati script over the course of a historical...

Issue 29

The art of paper and leather cutting: Qat‛ı

Mustafa Yılmaz24/05/2018

Qat or qat‛ı means “to cut” in the dictionary. Qat‛ı is the art of decoration which is done by gouging out a writing, motif or figure on a paper or...

HISTORY&CULTURE Issue 28

Bookbinding

Mustafa Yılmaz25/12/201725/12/2017

Bookbinding dates back to very old times. Before the invention of paper, the texts written on parchment and papyrus were kept as roll in wooden cases or boxes. In order...

Issue 27

Namazgâh and prayer in the open field

Mustafa Yılmaz16/06/201719/11/2018

The word “namazgâh” – which means ‘place of prayer’ – is a compound of Persian word ‘namaz’ and preposition ‘gâh’ – which mean prayer and place respectively. Muslims have esteemed...

Health&Halal Issue 26

Edirne historical hospital: Dar al Shifa

Mustafa Yılmaz19/11/201622/03/2017

Dar al Shifa , as it is used in the Ottoman, can be described in the simplest term as the place that offers health service to public. “Darussifa” is also...

DIVINE BOOKS HISTORY&CULTURE ISSUE 23

Qur’an Copies from Revelation to Ottoman Era

Mustafa Yılmaz18/06/201519/09/2019

The writing of the Qur’an took its finest form in the 19th and 20th centuries with “Ayat Barkanar” and “Tawafuq” styles. As it’s known, our Holy Qur’an began to be...

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 is published biannually. Every print issue of The Pen covers and sheds 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. The Pen 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.