Ali Semerci – The Pen Magazine

Issue 35

Reasonable answer to great curiosity

Ali Semerci23/06/202130/09/2021

Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi draws attention to the subject of "curiosity" In the Tenth Droplet of his work “The Miracles of Muḥammad (pbuh)”. He emphasizes that this feeling, which raises...

Issue 34

Recommendations from Said Nursi to the Ottoman Parliament

Ali Semerci08/01/202127/01/2021

After Abdulhamid Khan declared constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, the elections were held on July 24, 1908. The Ottoman Parliament was opened on December 4th 1908 with the elected MPs....

Issue 30

Keeping one’s promise

Ali Semerci19/11/2018

Many verses of the Qur’an lay emphasis on keeping your promises, fulfilling your oaths and sticking to the agreements you make.1 Just like in every matter of good morals, the...

Issue 29

Our noble Prophet (alayhissalatu wassalam) said “My ummah is a blessed community. Whether its beginning or its end is better is unknown.” (Tirmidhi) Those who interpreted this hadith highlighted that...

Issue 28

Bismillah

Ali Semerci25/12/201719/11/2018

Bismillah is the beginning of all goodness, the symbol of Islam, the invocation of every single thing in existence; the power of the powerless, mercy of the poor, strength of the...