Issue 3 – The Pen Magazine

Issue 3

Editor: Blessed Months and Cleansed Souls

A.Cihangir İşbilir14/11/200923/09/2011

The Three Blessed Months have been the season in which people with awakened hearts journeyed to spiritual realms. These chosen months have been the opportunities for spiritual rewards and Allah’s...

Issue 3 News&Events

Opening Speech*

The Pen14/11/200905/11/2015

Assalamu Alaykum Honourable guests, dear brothers, Welcome to Istanbul, whose conquest was heralded by our Beloved Prophet (PBUH) and to our country, Turkey. Welcome to the International Symposium on Bediuzzaman...

Issue 3 News&Events

Project for the Unity of Islam*

The Pen14/11/200905/11/2015

Assalamu alaikum Dear brothers, Dear friends coming from all over the world, Today, I am very happy to be here with you, because the reason that has brought you here...

Articles Issue 3 OPINION

Said Nursi, Muslim advocate of non-violence

Ahmad Azam Abdulrahman14/11/200914/10/2016

Ironically Muslims all over the world are being labeled as “terrorists” and “violent” despite their being the epitome of peace and non-violence. Understandably, what prompted such a rash of derision...

Articles Issue 3

Moral Personality of Ustad Bediuzzaman

Muhlis Körpe14/11/200914/10/2016

Honourable Brothers, The human being was created with the best shape. He was given countless degrees of spiritual status. There is no boundaries limiting to reach these spiritual positions. The...

Articles Issue 3

The Spiritual Personality of Ahmed Husrev Efendi

Bülent Güner14/11/200914/10/2016

In this presentation, we will summarize the personality of Ahmed Husrev Altınbaşak, who has an exceptional place in the Risale-i Nur service. When the life and service of Husrev Efendi...

Articles Issue 3

What is Risale-i Nur?

İdris Tüzün14/11/200914/10/2016

Ustad (1) Bediuzzaman Said Nursi wrote the collection of Risale-i Nur in order to put an end the negative influence of western civilization on Muslims ,to confute unbelievers, to restore...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 3 OPINION

Kashmir and the Right of Self-Determination

Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, USA14/11/200931/08/2016

The monumental peaceful protests throughout Kashmir, bringing together hundreds of thousands of people from all racial and cultural backgrounds, began as a response to the impotent Indian Government's attempt at...

Issue 3

Qasida Burdah

The Pen14/11/200912/04/2011

Mawlaya salli wa sallim da-iman abadan ‘Ala habibika khayril khalqi kullihimi (Oh my Master, send Your salutations and blessings eternally Upon Your Beloved, the best of creation) (more…)

Allah Issue 3

99 Beautiful Names of Allah

The Pen14/11/200931/08/2016

"Allah! there is no god but He! To Him belongs the Most Beautiful Names." (Qur'an 20:8) 1. Ar-Rahman The One who has plenty of mercy for the believers and the...

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 started to be published biannually. Every print issue of The Pen has covered and shed 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.

As of 2022 The Pen started to publish online-only contents.

The Pen Magazine 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.