Allah – The Pen Magazine

Is it the forces of nature?

Yunus Emre Pehlivan02/11/202106/11/2021

Canvas, easel, paint, palette, solvent and oil medium, paint brush, the palette knife, and some general supplies such as paper towels, cups, jars and tape. These are some painting supplies....

Allah Editor's Picks Issue 36

Secrets of the cell and Allah

İdris Tüzün06/10/202105/10/2021

Before I get into the subject, let me ask the following question: How many atoms are there in a human cell? According to the estimation of engineers at the University...

Allah Issue 33

Why disbelief is an absolute crime and does not deserve to be forgiven?

The Pen21/09/202025/01/2021

Since disbelief is an insult to the entire universe and to all creatures in its degrading the value of existent beings and in its accusing them of futility, and since...

Allah

A counsellor and a guide that never deceives

Yunus Emre Pehlivan18/09/202028/09/2021

Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah. Illness is a counsellor that never deceives, and a guide and admonisher. The period of affliction and tribulation is very long. Days might feel like weeks;...

Allah Issue 32

What He has done? What He will do?

Muhammed Nuri14/07/202025/01/2021

Allah, the Creator of the worlds, has made Himself known to humans through harmoniously ordered works of art. He has endeared Himself to them by way of the ornamented fruits...

Allah Issue 32

A painting cannot be without a painter

Dr Mirza İnak14/07/202025/01/2021

We have a painting in our hand. It is a beautiful oil painting of butterflies fluttering. It is for sure that this painting has been made by a painter. This...

Allah Epistles Issue 28 Suggested Reading

Obedience to Divine Law and obedience to egoistic caprice

The Pen25/12/201719/09/2020

The happiness of this world lies in worship and in becoming a soldier of Allāh, as does the happiness of the Hereafter. “The Third Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus...

Allah Issue 28

A window of reflection opened to the knowledge of Allah

Muhammed Said Arpacı25/12/201724/05/2018

“The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him.” (Isra, 17:44) A work lets you know its artist Although you have not seen the architect Sinan...

Allah

The existence of God

The Pen22/12/201603/10/2017

Islam teaches belief in one god, and that this God is not some arbitrarily chosen god amongst other gods, but the beginninglessly eternal reality, the Only God, Who did not...

Allah Issue 26

Head to head with a Darwinian

Muhammed Zakir Çetin19/11/201619/11/2018

We were in a program in Sav madrasa in Isparta. One evening an elder brother, Hafiz Bekir, called me and said, “I have an atheist nephew. He is a teacher,...

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.