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DESTINY Issue 18 PILLARS OF FAITH RELIGION & BELIEF

Why belief in destiny one of the pillars of Islamic Creed?

İdris Ferid17/05/201322/01/2014

The issue of qadar (fate) and human free will and their reconciliation with each other is one of the most challenging issue of history of theology of not only Islam...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 18

The role of civil society in struggling against Islamophobia

A.Cihangir İşbilir03/05/201321/11/2016

Islamic non-governmental organizations should develop projects for enhancing the mechanisms of appropriate promotion and efficient representation in every field and on every topic of Islam in the fight against Islamophobia....

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 18

Nationalism In the light of Risale-i Nur

Muhammed Zakir Çetin03/05/201308/11/2016

Nationalism and ethnic conflicts is one of the most grieving agonies that the Islamic world is experiencing. The position of Islam on the issue needs to be highlighted and stressed...

Articles Issue 18 LEAD ARTICLE

The Positive Attitude

The Pen26/04/201314/10/2016

In the face of regime’s oppression Risale-i Nur movement has adopted the positive attitude as a way of existence and performing service to faith. The positive attitude in Risale-i Nur movement...

Issue 18

April-June 2013 Issue

The Pen11/04/201314/01/2014

A new issue, new themes and a fresh enthusiasm… It is a good news that we are at the eve of the three blessed months of Islamic calender. The sacred...

A Garden of Truths Issue 17 Sunnah

“I give help in their hard times to those who say salawat on me”

The Pen08/04/201303/05/2013

While Sufyan al Thawri was performing tawaf (the ceremony of going around the Kaaba during the pilgrimage at Mecca) around the House of Allah he saw a man who was...

A Garden of Truths Issue 17

“Unless the words are spoken properly…”

The Pen08/04/201307/04/2015

Two thousand five hundred years ago, the disciples of Confucius asked him how he would start work and what he would do first if the authority and power was given...

EDUCATION INTERVIEW Issue 17

A Risale-i Nur course in Sudan

The Pen08/04/201308/04/2013

The Sudan Turkish Students Association organized a course under the title of “A Personal Development Course with the perspective of Risale-i Nur” in Khartoum University between June 9, 2012 and...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 17

The Outcry of Rohingya!

The Pen08/04/201331/08/2016

Until 1784, the Rohingya Islamic Sultanate, which was founded just 23 years after the conquest of Istanbul (1476), was ruled by 26 kings. It was then occupied by Burma between...

A Garden of Truths Issue 17

“Give up superiority, greed and showing-off”

The Pen08/04/201307/04/2015

Three friends, a Jew, a Christian and a Muslim, set out on a journey together. When a heavy snowstorm started, they took shelter in a rest-house and waited for 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.