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Establishing the Islamic Unity is Fardh

Prof Iyd Belbaa16/12/201301/12/2016

The fact that bringing about Islamic unity is a fardh duty points out the urgency of this issue. None of the Muslims has the luxury of remaining aloof to the...

Articles Issue 19 Issue 22 OPINION

Risale-i Nur: The concept and how to benefit from it

İdris Tüzün18/09/201308/11/2016

It is hard to define and categorize Risale-i Nur as a collection of Islamic books. Is it a kind of tafsir or a book of irshad? How shall we define...

Issue 19 OPINION SOCIETY Sunnah

The Need for Prophetic Morality in the Modern Islamic World

Prof Dr Hj. Fadhlullah Jamil, MALAYSIA09/09/201301/12/2016

The more we research the problems in the Muslim world, the more we realize that we have them because we have been alienated from the good attitude and moral standing...

Issue 19 OPINION SOCIETY

Employer and Employee Relations in Islam

Abdulkadir Salih31/08/201324/11/2014

The relations between “haves” and “have-nots” have been problematic since ancient times, and remain so today. The greed of man has always led him to turn his fellows into slaves...

Issue 19 OPINION SOCIETY Sunnah

Appreciation: A Way to Make Abilities Flourish

İdris Ferid31/08/201308/11/2016

Showing appreciation and respect for scholars, artists and virtuous people is important, just as it is for ordinary people. This is one of the ways of bringing out the beauty...

OPINION

Qardhul Hassan instead of Microcredit

The Pen22/06/201314/10/2014

By Abdulkadir Salih Under the hard conditions of the modern economic system, the Muslims should seek the legal ways out for their economic transactions and qardhul hassan seems to be...

EDUCATION OPINION

Revitalizing Higher Education in The Muslim World

The Pen22/06/201314/10/2014

All aspects of backwardness in the Ummah's history are the results of distortions in the Ummah's cognitive and psychological makeup, which can be treated only when their true nature is...

EDUCATION Issue 17 OPINION PHILOSOPHY SCIENCE

The Islamization of Knowledge

The Pen14/02/201325/03/2013

By Abdulhamid A. Abusulayman The Islamization of knowledge may be a way out of the epistemological borders of the West for Muslims to establish the authenticity of their civilization once...

OPINION

Tawafuq, the Cipher in Qur’an and the Book of the Universe (2)

Zafer Zengin16/12/201214/10/2014

Tawafuq (sychronicity) in the universe opens the gateways of wisdom for those who wish to decipher it. Tawafuq (the synchronicity of things and events in time and place) is a...

Allah Hereafter OPINION PILLARS OF FAITH

Nursi’s Doctrine of Resurrection and the Relevance of the Divine Names

The Pen20/10/201216/12/2012

by Dr. Mahmoud al-Misri Life and the universe are manifestations of the Names of Allah (SWT). Those Names, which are eternal, necessitate that their reflections also be eternal. In this...

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.