Issue 9 – The Pen Magazine

Issue 9 LEAD ARTICLE RELIGION & BELIEF

The Criticism Of Atheism

İdris Tüzün17/05/201131/05/2014

The emergence and running of the universe: cause and effect or a divine power? “Warm air near the Earth's surface tends to absorb moisture in the form of invisible water...

Allah DESTINY Issue 9

Why does Allah (SWT) create the evils?

Cemal Ersen15/05/201117/10/2011

Evil means “not good, bad and harmful thing”. As understood from the verse “Allah is the Creator of all things (An’am 102),” the One who creates the evil and good...

Issue 9 OPINION

Countering Islamophobia: Obligation of Scholars

Dr. Iqbal J. Unus10/02/201102/05/2011

Let me begin by stating that although Islamophobia is relatively new in our consciousness, it dates back centuries. It has ancestral and intellectual roots, an investigation of which must find...

Issue 9

Editor: Islamophobia: An Illusive Fear

A.Cihangir İşbilir01/02/201103/06/2014

Sultan Suleiman the Lawgiver (known as the Magnificent in the West) of Ottomans asks Yahya Efendi, his milk sibling who was also a scholar at the same time, what causes...

Issue 9 Scholars

Hujjat al-Islam Imam Ghazali: The Sun of the Fifth Century

Feridun SAMIL01/02/201107/04/2015

Imam Ghazali, who has been a prominent and legendary scholar champion of Islam, was born in Ghazal town of Tus city of Iran in 1058 (H. 450). His name is...

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 9

History of Islamophobia and Anti-Islamism

A. Said GUL01/02/201121/11/2016

Islamophobia means an unnecessary and groundless culture of fear against Muslims and Islam. Namely, “Islamophobia term may be defined sociologically as the fear that the Western society has against Muslims”....

Health&Halal Issue 9

Risks and damages of margarine

Mohammad Mazhar Hussaini01/02/201117/10/2011

Margarine is a manufactured substitute for butter. The margarine produced in the United States is usually made from corn, cottonseed, or soybean oil. The oils, refined, deodorized, and hydrogenated to the desired...

Issue 9 PROPHET MUHAMMAD Prophets

Humane Perfection of Prophet Muhammad

Said Yavuz01/02/201115/05/2015

Say thou: "I am but a man like you: It is revealed to me by Inspiration, that your Allah is one Allah.” (Al Fussialat, 6) Two basic characteristics of Prophet...

Issue 9 PROPHET MUHAMMAD Prophets Youth

A Generation Knowing Their Prophet

Münir Salih01/02/201115/04/2015

Man reaches maturity by imitating: he imitates his parents, his teacher, and older ones; shortly man imitates his loved ones. He resembles his loved ones and gets the colour of...

EDUCATION Issue 9

A few words of advice

The Pen01/02/201113/04/2011

When you are alone, do not forget that you are with Allah (SWT) and your conscience! As long as Allah (SWT) is with you, no one can turn his/her back...

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.

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