Issue 17 – Page 2 – The Pen Magazine

The Principles of Happiness

The Pen25/03/201303/05/2014

By Ahmad Masud The only true happiness, not only in the hereafter but also in this world, is to be found within the boundaries of the Sunnah of the Prophet...

Allah Issue 17 PILLARS OF FAITH WORSHIP

If Allah is intangible, why do Muslims turn to the Kaaba during Salah?

The Pen25/03/201302/01/2015

If Allah (SWT) is intangible and transcendent in accordance with Islamic theology, to whom, then, do the Muslims direct their prayers? Allah (SWT) is free from space Being the Creator...

INTERVIEW ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 17

Turkey may pose a good model for its region

The Pen25/03/201321/11/2016

Interview with Dr Mohammad Siddik* TP: Africa has been subject of colonization and exploitation so far. Do you think the engagement of Turkey in Africa will bring prosperity to both...

Allah DESTINY Issue 17 PILLARS OF FAITH

The Grace of Allah

Metin Ucar12/03/201327/05/2014

Sometimes man considers himself the real doer of his actions under the effect of his delusions about himself. By that means he becomes alienated from the grace and mercy of...

Issue 17 LEAD ARTICLE PHILOSOPHY

Are we really able to see?

Mehmed Kurt12/03/201307/05/2014

Basirat (insight) used in Islamic sources has a different connotation than when it is used as a term in secular contexts. By that word, a kind of spiritual faculty is...

EDUCATION Issue 17 OPINION PHILOSOPHY SCIENCE

The Islamization of Knowledge

The Pen14/02/201325/03/2013

By Abdulhamid A. Abusulayman The Islamization of knowledge may be a way out of the epistemological borders of the West for Muslims to establish the authenticity of their civilization once...

Issue 17 SOCIETY

Akhism – Business and Professional Ethics

Abdulkadir Salih14/02/201305/11/2015

Through Akhism, which was an economic union and organization in Islamic history, it was intended that al Madinatu’l Fadhila (the Ideal Society) would be established among Muslims. There are many...

HUMAN RELATIONS Issue 17 Sunnah

Bediuzzaman and Working Life

Muhlis Körpe14/02/201308/11/2016

Working is an activity which can be seen in all creatures. What spurs it is the pleasure found within it. A philosophy of working within the boundaries of Islamic principles...

Issue 17

Editor’s Letter for Issue 17

A.Cihangir İşbilir06/02/201330/09/2014

A New Year, a New Breath! On 15th November, we entered the new year of 1434 according to the Hijra calendar. This means that humanity has been addressed by the...

Issue 17

January-March 2013 Issue

The Pen12/01/201314/01/2014

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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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