A Garden of Truths

A Garden of Truths Issue 15 PILLARS OF FAITH

Do Inappropriate Questions Coming to Mind About Allah Harm One’s Faith?

The Pen21/09/201224/11/2014

Do Inappropriate Questions Coming to Mind About Allah Harm One’s Faith?* Answer: Questions which occur involuntarily do not damage a person’s faith or make the person sinful unless they are...

A Garden of Truths Issue 14

Marks of Islam

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/04/2015

Sha‘a’ir means ‘mark’ or ‘symbol’. Some modes of worship and social institutions are called sha’a’ir al-Islamiyya which are the things that symbolize Islam, are always seen in Muslim communities,...

A Garden of Truths Issue 14 Youth

New Generation

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201207/04/2015

“O you unfortunates who have given up Islam, which is the spirit of the two worlds, and who are like walking corpses! Do not stand in the way of the...

A Garden of Truths Issue 14

The unity of the Muslims

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/10/2021

The articles on The unity of the Muslims in the history of Turkish media first appeared in the Basiret newspaper in October 1873. The first article was written by Esad...

A Garden of Truths Issue 14

Who is the most fortunate?

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/04/2015

The most fortunate is the person who: does not forget the hereafter for this world, does not sacrifice the hereafter for this world, does not destroy the life of the...

A Garden of Truths Hereafter Issue 14

The Fear of Death and Hiding behind the Wall

Muhlis Körpe08/05/201216/04/2014

During a conversation in a working environment when he was with his mother, I asked a question of a young man who is a student in a prestigious university and...

A Garden of Truths Issue 13

Foresight of Bedouin

The Pen16/01/201208/03/2012

A Bedouin travelling with his camel comes across a man hardly able to walk and almost dying of thirst. The man wants some water from the Bedouin, so he dismounts...

A Garden of Truths Issue 12

The Pen19/12/201115/10/2021

Ashab Al Kahf Ashab Al Kahf (the People of the Cave) is the seven young men who were forced to worship a deity other than Allah and took refuge in...

A Garden of Truths Issue 7

The True Treasure

Zeynep Eren21/09/201007/04/2015

They asked a wise man: “Do the sultans need treasure?” The wise man responded: “There is a real treasure. He needs it.” They asked, “What is that true treasure?” He...

A Garden of Truths Issue 7

Corruption of the scientist

Zeynep Eren21/09/201007/04/2015

Famous Muslim Astronomer Biruni submitted his best studies on astronomy to the ruler of his time, Sultan Mas’ud, the son of Mahmud of Ghazni. Amazed by the wonderful scientific study,...

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.