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OPINION

Unending war against lower self

Yunus Emre Pehlivan13/02/201523/03/2015

Our struggle against our nafs al-ammara (evil commanding lower self) is an everlasting fight that will only end when we die. Lower self (i.e. nafs al-ammara) always commands the evil....

FAMILY OPINION

Our Beloved Ones: Children

Murad Nureddin15/01/201513/02/2015

Children are a blessing from Allah (swt). As they are innocent and sinless, they can be directed into righteous people with a positive approach. We should always try to treat...

OPINION WORSHIP

Misfortunes help man do his real duty

Yunus Emre Pehlivan15/01/201513/02/2015

A monotonous life in ease and comfort would make the man forget his duty in this world. Sicknesses or disasters make him remember that duty. The man was created to...

Allah OPINION

Witnessing the Existence

Mustafa Latif Çobankaya15/01/201513/02/2015

Absolute nonexistence of something cannot be proved and cannot be witnessed; unless its existence is limited to some place and time. In other words, if I say there is not...

Articles DIVINE BOOKS Issue 21 OPINION Qur'an

The Miraculous Inimitability of the Word of Allah

Hasan Spiker30/09/201422/12/2016

The Qur’an is the inimitable, eternal Divine address to mankind. *This article is the transcription of a talk given in a workshop. The Qur’anic Miracles (al-Mu’jizatul Qur’aniyya) is one of...

ONLINE ARTICLES OPINION

Economic System Debates

Ahmet Fatih Ceyhan12/08/201421/11/2016

History has proved that one of the main reasons for conflicts around the world have taken place because of economic inequality and injustice. Especially, after the industrial revolution, the issue...

ONLINE ARTICLES OPINION SCIENCE

Human as a Minimized Sample of the Universe

Muhammed Güç25/06/201421/11/2016

Medicine is the field of applied science related to the art of healing by diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human...

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD OPINION

Islam in Spain: A Fragmented History, a Fragmented Identity

Alicia Rodriguez Mejuto25/03/201401/12/2016

Islam is presented to the Europeans as something alien and threatening, but in fact, they share a history of 1300 years. Spain, in particular, has a special bond with the...

NGOs/CIVIL SOCIETY OPINION

Be hopeful!

Ali Kurt23/01/201414/10/2016

The prescription for a magnificent but unfortunate continent; a glorious yet hapless state; a valuable yet helpless community is Islamic Unity. In this period of time when we begin to...

Issue 20 OPINION

Faith and Life

Hasan Awada Kashkash14/01/201401/12/2016

The modern individual has been crumbled into pieces mentally and spiritually. What will bring that individual to a holistic perspective is a critically verified faith. Thus many things in his...

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.