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Issue 35

Thankfulness makes man ascent to the best of forms

The Pen29/05/202101/05/2021

Among all types of living creatures, the most in need of different types of provision is man. Allah has made man in the form of an all-embracing mirror of all...

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Love and alliance between Muslims can be achieved by sincerity

The Pen26/05/202101/06/2022

There seems to be competitive disagreement, harmful opposition and competition between the people of truth, instead of true love and alliance. Attaining sincerity is the solution to be saved from...

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Does Allah need our worship?

The Pen19/05/202131/03/2022

We hear from both those who do not perform prayers (salah) and those who are often lazy in their prayers: Does Allah need our worship that He insistently commands us...

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Journalist Eşref Edib’s Interview with Said Nursi

The Pen10/05/202106/11/2021

The only thing that makes me suffer and concerned, said he, is the ongoing threats and attacks that Islam is under at the moment. The challenges used to come from...

Issue 35

Consolation for the coronavirus patients

The Pen05/05/202106/11/2021

The coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on earth. Millions of people were infected by the virus, whether believer or not, and tens of thousands have died. At this very moment,...

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Why fasting for disciplining the lower-self?

The Pen30/04/202101/06/2022

“No! Undoubtedly, man really goes beyond his limits (rebelliously) because he sees himself free from need!” (96, 6-7) Why and how the fasting is related to disciplining the lower-self (nafs)?...

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Ramadan and children

Murad Nureddin30/04/202130/04/2021

Alhamdulillah Ramadan has come once again. It is a really very special time for us Muslims around the world.It’s the time we get closer and closer to our Lord. It...

Issue 35

Fasting time in the Arctic Circle

The Pen30/04/202119/05/2021

How can those who live in or close to the North Pole region and have problems in the formation of evening and dawn times set the time of fasting? As...

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Struggle of disciplining the lower-self

Yunus Emre Pehlivan30/04/202128/09/2021

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah. During these days of pandemic and two blessed months and finally Ramadan al-Sharif, we have had the opportunity to think about our life and its purpose...

Issue 35

Editor's Letter: Struggle of disciplining the lower-self Consolation for the coronavirus patients Journalist Eşref Edib’s Interview with Said Nursi How will I discipline my lower-self? Thankfulness makes man ascent to...

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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.

As of 2022 The Pen started to publish online-only contents.

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Category: Issue 35

Thankfulness makes man ascent to the best of forms

Love and alliance between Muslims can be achieved by sincerity

Does Allah need our worship?

Journalist Eşref Edib’s Interview with Said Nursi

Consolation for the coronavirus patients

Why fasting for disciplining the lower-self?

Ramadan and children

Fasting time in the Arctic Circle

Struggle of disciplining the lower-self

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