A Garden of Truths – The Pen Magazine

Seven Wonders of the World

The Pen25/12/201726/12/2017

One day a teacher asked his students to write a list of the things which are worth being among the Seven Wonders of the World in their opinion. While taking...

Fasting and Allah’s Lordship

The Pen09/07/201331/03/2022

The fast of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, and it is one of the greatest of the marks and observances of Islam. There are many purposes...

A Garden of Truths Issue 18

Garden of Truths

The Pen22/06/201315/10/2021

GARDEN OF TRUTHS Mother Abu Hurairah (ra) narrates: A man came up and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Who is most deserving of my good behaviour and nice conversation?” The...

A Garden of Truths Hereafter Issue 18 PILLARS OF FAITH

Protection and Preservation and the Hereafter

The Pen22/06/201323/03/2015

Risale-i Nur Proves the Resurrection and the Hereafter* SEVENTH TRUTH [The Gate of Protection and Preservation, The Manifestation of the Names of Preserver (Hafiz) and Guardian (Raqib)] Is it at...

A Garden of Truths Issue 17 Sunnah

“I give help in their hard times to those who say salawat on me”

The Pen08/04/201303/05/2013

While Sufyan al Thawri was performing tawaf (the ceremony of going around the Kaaba during the pilgrimage at Mecca) around the House of Allah he saw a man who was...

A Garden of Truths Issue 17

“Unless the words are spoken properly…”

The Pen08/04/201307/04/2015

Two thousand five hundred years ago, the disciples of Confucius asked him how he would start work and what he would do first if the authority and power was given...

A Garden of Truths Issue 17

“Give up superiority, greed and showing-off”

The Pen08/04/201307/04/2015

Three friends, a Jew, a Christian and a Muslim, set out on a journey together. When a heavy snowstorm started, they took shelter in a rest-house and waited for the...

A Garden of Truths

“Could this state ever collapse?”

The Pen08/04/201314/10/2014

One day, Sultan Selim the Grim said to his Grand Vizier Piri Muhammad Pasha: “Wherever we have gone so far, we have returned with victory by the grace of Allah....

A Garden of Truths DIVINE BOOKS Issue 17

The Qur’an is a Cure

The Pen25/03/201309/07/2013

By Ali Cirit The Qur’an, as it declares itself, is a cure for both material and spiritual illnesses. The Qur’an, which was sent as the last book by Allah (SWT),...

A Garden of Truths Issue 17 Sahabas

The Principles of Happiness

The Pen25/03/201303/05/2014

By Ahmad Masud The only true happiness, not only in the hereafter but also in this world, is to be found within the boundaries of the Sunnah of the Prophet...

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.