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Love and alliance between Muslims can be achieved by sincerity

The Pen26/05/202130/09/2021

There seems to be competitive disagreement, harmful opposition and competition between the people of truth, instead of true love and alliance. Attaining sincerity is the solution to be saved from...

Issue 35

Does Allah need our worship?

The Pen19/05/202130/09/2021

We hear from both those who do not perform prayers (salah) and those who are often lazy in their prayers: Does Allah need our worship that He insistently commands us...

Journalist Eşref Edib’s Interview with Said Nursi

The Pen10/05/202128/09/2021

The only thing that makes me suffer and concerned, said he, is the ongoing threats and attacks that Islam is under at the moment. The challenges used to come from...

Consolation for the coronavirus patients

The Pen05/05/202128/09/2021

The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on earth. Millions of people were infected by the virus, whether believer or not, and tens of thousands have died. At this very moment,...

Issue 35

Why fasting for disciplining the lower-self?

The Pen30/04/202130/04/2021

“No! Undoubtedly, man really goes beyond his limits (rebelliously) because he sees himself free from need!” (96, 6-7) Why and how the fasting is related to disciplining the lower-self (nafs)?...

Issue 35

Fasting time in the Arctic Circle

The Pen30/04/202119/05/2021

How can those who live in or close to the North Pole region and have problems in the formation of evening and dawn times set the time of fasting? As...

Issue 35

Editor's Letter: Struggle of disciplining the lower-self Consolation for the coronavirus patients Journalist Eşref Edib’s Interview with Said Nursi How will I discipline my lower-self? Thankfulness makes man ascent to...

Hajj ISSUE 24 WORSHIP

Importance, reward and benefits of Hajj

The Pen27/01/202119/05/2021

Hajj is an obligatory duty for Muslims which bear numerous personal, social, educational, moral and economic benefits. askaquestionto.us Hajj literally means “head for, visit, constantly go and visit an important...

Issue 34

The Pen 34th issue

The Pen22/01/202128/04/2021

The worst of forgetting is to forget yourself İbrahim KARABOGA Another reason to be thankful Islam is a global religionHamza BERAT The Remedy to Psychological Issues among the ElderlyNoornajihan JAAFARShah...

Epistles Issue 34 RELIGION & BELIEF

The human vocation

The Pen08/01/202112/08/2021

It is a fact that ‘establishing the Prayer and avoiding mortal sins’ are truly human vocations, suited to man’s innately pure disposition. “The Fifth Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus...

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.