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Hereafter Issue 18 PILLARS OF FAITH

Resurrection and Three Stories

Mehmed Kurt17/05/201301/07/2013

By Mehmet KURT One of my friends recently died at his 30. I attended his funeral. First, the corpse was washed and shrouded. Then we performed the funeral prayer. Finally, the...

Hereafter Issue 16

Two Fearsome Conditions of the Modern Age

The Pen01/01/201301/11/2014

Since the Risale-i Nur is able to respond successfully to two of the most fearsome challenges of modern life, it has proved to be beneficial to many and it affects...

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...

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...

Hereafter Issue 14 Sunnah

Is Shafa’ah (Intercession) Right?

İdris Tüzün27/04/201222/06/2012

The lexical meaning of Shafa’ah Sayyid Sharif Jurjani says the following in Tarifat: Shafa’ah is to demand forgiveness for major sins. Tahanawi says it is “a request to attain a...

Hereafter ONLINE ARTICLES

Lamenting Souls from the Fear of Unending Conclusion

Emre Karahan24/02/201221/11/2016

Throughout the human history there is a general concept of hell (Jahannam) and Paradise (Jannah) in minds such as “Hell is one of the last stations, end of worldly pleasures...

Allah Hereafter

A story and what it refers to

Cemal Ersen24/02/201214/10/2014

One method we use to convince people in daily life is to present examples. Starting a sentence “Let me give you an example,” we see that a good example can...

Hereafter Issue 10

Corporal Resurrection in the Qur’an

The Pen11/08/201127/05/2014

The resurrection phenomenon, that is to be revived after death, has been known to human kind since Prophet Adam (ALAYHISSALAM) who is the first man and the first prophet. The...

Hereafter Issue 10

A Window to the Garden of Paradise

Feride Karahan16/06/201116/04/2014

Death; with the common meaning “the cessation of life.” Grief, sadness, sorrow are what is left for the ones stay behind. As for the person who dies he is either...

Elderly FAMILY Hereafter Issue 9 Youth

Hereafter and Society: Is Ignorance Bliss?

Hamza Berat01/02/201124/06/2014

Do we need hereafter? What could possible benefits does have the hereafter? Does it help society or destroy family? Why do some not believe in the hereafter? Does belief of...

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.