Zafer Zengin – The Pen Magazine

Issue 35

Time for self-illumination

Zafer Zengin14/06/202128/04/2021

When we look at the history of Islam, from the Age of Bliss (Asr al-Saadah) to the present time, religious education has been systematically given to the people by means...

Issue 32

The spiritual diamond sword

Zafer Zengin14/07/202014/07/2020

Whoever has the spiritual diamond sword will be victorious In this article, we will present an important issue that should be taken into consideration from the views and thoughts of...

Articles Issue 30

Cure to the believers

Zafer Zengin19/11/201820/11/2018

Since it is an interpretation of the Qur’an, the Risale-i Nur is a material and spiritual cure to the believers In our previous articles, we have mentioned the worldly and...

Issue 29

The illnesses that blind you and their treatment

Zafer Zengin24/05/201819/11/2018

In this piece we are going to discuss the illnesses that blind both the physical and spiritual sight of the human, cover the reality, and deaden insight and foresight of...

Issue 28

The real duty, capital of life and unnecessary works

Zafer Zengin25/12/201719/11/2018

As a country we have recently gone through - and still we are going through - very important processes. In the geography we live in there have been very heated...

Issue 27

Cambodian Muslims

Zafer Zengin16/06/201722/05/2018

I went to Cambodia as the volunteer of Hayrat Aid during the Qurban organization in 2016. I set off on this journey wishing to personally join in aid activities and...

2014 Angels

Luminous Workers of the Universe: Angels

Zafer Zengin30/09/201405/11/2014

Malaika are dutiful living creatures that serve Allah Subhanahu wa Taʽala everywhere. The heavens have attracted the interest of the man since he first set foot on the earth. Questions...

Scholars

Lessons of Wisdom from Abu Wuhaib (R)

Zafer Zengin12/03/201314/10/2014

Abu Wuhaib (R) was a fountain of wisdom for the Muslims of his time as well as those of later centuries with the life that he led. The original name...

OPINION

Tawafuq, the Cipher in Qur’an and the Book of the Universe (2)

Zafer Zengin16/12/201214/10/2014

Tawafuq (sychronicity) in the universe opens the gateways of wisdom for those who wish to decipher it. Tawafuq (the synchronicity of things and events in time and place) is a...

DIVINE BOOKS Issue 14

Tawafuq, the Cipher in Qur’an and the Book of the Universe

Zafer Zengin27/04/201230/04/2014

We see that some words that have been used casually by a major part of the society are indeed in contrast with our faith. Unfortunately, this situation escapes most people’s...

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.