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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...

Issue 17 LEAD ARTICLE PHILOSOPHY

Are we really able to see?

Mehmed Kurt12/03/201307/05/2014

Basirat (insight) used in Islamic sources has a different connotation than when it is used as a term in secular contexts. By that word, a kind of spiritual faculty 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...

EDUCATION HUMAN RELATIONS Issue 16 Psychology

Clashes in Human Relations and Solutions

İdris Ferid09/11/201221/11/2016

A healthy and stable society is comprised of psychologically healthy individuals. For such a society to flourish, the relations and communication between individuals should be solid and vivid, and the...

EDUCATION HUMAN RELATIONS Issue 16 Psychology

Criticism in Human Relations and The Damage It Can Cause

Mahmut Babur09/11/201230/04/2014

Within the framework of enjoining what is good and preventing what is evil, taking an effective approach towards people’s mistakes is important. If we do not evaluate the balances and...

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...

EDUCATION Issue 15 Issue 22 SCIENCE

Educational Reform Centring on Madrasatu’z-Zahra

The Pen14/09/201213/02/2015

The Madrasatu’z-Zahra project, if it can be achieved, may bring solutions to the separation of modern, spiritual and Islamic disciplines in educational institutions and it may contribute to the establishment...

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 15

Consolidating the Consultation Culture and Civil Societies

Metin Ucar15/08/201221/11/2016

Consultation and counsel seem to offer possible solutions for certain monolithic and authoritarian leanings in the Islamic world. The initiatives to organize mechanisms to provide such consultation within ummah should...

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Ramadan and the Social Life

The Pen26/07/201201/06/2022

One of the benefits of fasting can be explained as follows: There are people that Allah has created who live in different walks of life. Allah tests some people as...

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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.

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