Why fasting for disciplining the lower-self?
“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)?...
Fasting time in the Arctic Circle
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...
The Pen 35th issue
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...
Importance, reward and benefits of Hajj
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...
The Pen 34th issue
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...
The human vocation
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 Remedy to Psychological Issues among the Elderly
Noornajihan JAAFAR Shah Rizul Izyan ZULKIPLY Celal AKAR Human beings begin to experience a deterioration in their physical and mental faculties from age 50. Islamic scholars describe these disabilities to...
Another reason to be thankful
A person who eats an apple and says, “Alḥamdulillāh,” states by means of this thankfulness (shukr) that “this apple is a present that comes directly from the hand of Divine...
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
Nursi, known in Turkey as Ustad Bediuzzaman, was a polymath who excelled not only in the classical Islamic sciences but also in the modern natural sciences. He was a universal thinker of great...
A look at surpassingly orderly human body
The Wise Artful Maker (Aṣ-Ṣāni‘u’l-Ḥakīm) created the human body as if it is a surpassingly orderly city. Some of the vessels operate like a network of telegram and telephone. Some...