Issue 34 – The Pen Magazine

Issue 34

The Pen 34th issue

The Pen22/01/202128/04/2021

The worst of forgetting is to forget yourself İbrahim KARABOGA Another reason to be thankful Islam is a global religionHamza BERAT The Remedy to Psychological Issues among the ElderlyNoornajihan JAAFARShah...

Issue 34

Symbol of the Conquest: THE HAGIA SOPHIA MOSQUE

Mustafa Yılmaz08/01/202127/01/2021

After the conquest of Istanbul, Sultan Mehmed II added a mihrab, minbar and minaret to Hagia Sophia and turned it into a mosque and built a madrasa to the north...

Issue 34 SOCIETY

Luminous Points from the Book of Light

Mustafa Topöz08/01/202130/04/2021

5 TYPES OF WISDOM OF SATANIC WHISPERING (1) 1- It causes vigilance. 2- It invites to research. 3- It is a means of seriousness. 4- It saves one from nonchalance....

Issue 34

The trees and plants make the Creator known

Abdurrahman Erdem08/01/202127/01/2021

By the instruction of the Most Noble Messenger (blessings and peace be upon him) and the lesson of the Wise Qur’ān, one can understand that all of the trees and...

HEADLINES Issue 34 Sunnah

Sunnah been protected until today

Ali Cirit08/01/202101/06/2022

Hüseyin was a secondary school student, studying at an Imam Khatib school. One day, his teacher of the Hadith lesson said that he would answer the questions of the audience...

Issue 34 SOCIETY

The most important thing in life

İsmail Turgut08/01/202127/01/2021

‘Life’s capital is minimal, yet there are very many crucial matters to take care of’. A concisely but suitable answer to a reasonable question directed by students to their beloved...

HUMAN RELATIONS Issue 34

Breaking the sinful habits of tongue

Yunus Emre Pehlivan08/01/202127/01/2021

We have bad habits. And a lot of us try to change them into good ones. It is not an easy thing to do. Habitual sins are the most difficult...

Issue 34

Demanding the impossible

Metin Ucar08/01/202127/01/2021

How fragile and weak we have become, are we aware? We used to say that when you have faith, there is possibility. Now there are all sorts of possibilities, but...

Epistles Issue 34 RELIGION & BELIEF

The human vocation

The Pen08/01/202112/08/2021

It is a fact that ‘establishing the Prayer and avoiding mortal sins’ are truly human vocations, suited to man’s innately pure disposition. “The Fifth Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus...

Issue 34

Recommendations from Said Nursi to the Ottoman Parliament

Ali Semerci08/01/202127/01/2021

After Abdulhamid Khan declared constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, the elections were held on July 24, 1908. The Ottoman Parliament was opened on December 4th 1908 with the elected MPs....

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.