ISSUE 23 – Page 2 – The Pen Magazine

Qur’an Copies from Revelation to Ottoman Era

Mustafa Yılmaz18/06/201519/09/2019

The writing of the Qur’an took its finest form in the 19th and 20th centuries with “Ayat Barkanar” and “Tawafuq” styles. As it’s known, our Holy Qur’an began to be...

ISSUE 23 WORSHIP

Patience

Murad Nureddin18/06/2015

Enduring the misfortunes and illnesses, withstanding the desires of the lower self and being steadfast in worshipping are kinds of sabr (patience) that will lead us to the Paradise. Sabr...

ISSUE 23 WORSHIP

Getting Motivated to Perform Salah

The Pen18/06/201531/03/2022

The five daily prayers, our first and most important duty, are the key to the happiness in this life, preventing us from starving spiritually, and in the Hereafter, bringing us...

Epistles ISSUE 23 RELIGION & BELIEF Suggested Reading

The value of religion for mankind

The Pen29/05/201503/05/2021

Disbelief makes people miserable, and it costs them their success and happiness in this life and the next. “The Eighth Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم...

FAMILY ISSUE 23

Rights of the Wife over Husband

Muhammed Zakir Çetin29/05/201530/11/2015

Husband must be friendly, kind, generous and nice to his wife. First of all, I believe we must know that the law of the family is for ensuring the happiness...

FAMILY ISSUE 23

Family Life in Ayahs and Hadiths

The Pen29/05/201530/11/2015

The verses from the Holy Qur’an: “And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein.” (TaHa, 20:132) “O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families...

ISSUE 23

Description of Battlefield of Life: Motivation, enemies and remedies

Hamza Berat29/05/201530/11/2015

There exists for man a great comfort in hardship. Since man’s fitrah (innate disposition) is agitated, his comfort is only to be found in work and striving. Life constitutes one [great]...

EDITOR ISSUE 23

Editor’s Letter: Believer’s Quest for Spiritual Healing

Yunus Emre Pehlivan07/05/201528/09/2021

Prophet Ayyub alaihissalam was afflicted with serious wounds and sores for a really long time. Even worms were generated in his wounds. He endured his sickness with patience until those...

ISSUE 23

The Pen 23rd Issue

The Pen07/05/201502/05/2016

. . January - June 2015 Repentance from Sins Do not risk the loss of the great rewards of the hereafter for mere passing pleasures Editor's letter:...

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.