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ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 34

Islam is a global religion

Hamza Berat08/01/202127/01/2021

Islam is a global religion. It is not limited to one nation or a tribe. It embraces new colours, welcomes cultures and values differences. It rejects all sorts of racism...

Scholars

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

The Pen26/09/202026/09/2020

Nursi, known in Turkey as Ustad Bediuzzaman, was a polymath who excelled not only in the classical Islamic sciences but also in the modern natural sciences. He was a universal thinker of great...

Issue 33 PROPHET MUHAMMAD

The last Prophet who is the guide for humanity in all aspects

Dr Mirza İnak21/09/202025/01/2021

Humans wonder about the answer of the following questions most: What are you? Where are you coming from? Where are you going? People need a prophet sent by Allah to...

From the latest issue Issue 32 PROPHET MUHAMMAD

Dua’s from the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)

The Pen14/07/202025/01/2021

The Messenger of Allah used to often seek refuge with Allah. He used to supplicate as follows: “Allahumma, inni a'udhu bika min 'ilmin la yanfa'u, wa mindu'a'in la yusma'u, wa...

From the latest issue Issue 31 PROPHET MUHAMMAD

We need a guide – the most perfect guide

Yunus Emre Pehlivan22/07/201925/01/2021

In this day and age, human mind and heart roll about between good and evil in a dreadful, spiritual storm. We, our family, our friends and all others are in...

Issue 31 PROPHET MUHAMMAD

To Be Like Him (Blessings and Peace Be Upon Him)

Arif Emre Gündüz22/07/201925/01/2021

Arif Emre GÜNDÜZ A bee begins to fly after a few minutes of its birth. Nobody teaches it how to make honey. It is sent to the world already knowing...

Issue 29 Sahabas Scholars

The real purpose of those who deny the School of Thoughts, interpreters and the Companions

Arif Emre Gündüz22/05/201818/09/2019

Today there are people commonly called experts in various areas. They naturally express their ‘expert opinion’ on only their fields. However, when the subject is religion, a lot of people...

Issue 28 Sahabas

It is worth knowing the stars of the sky

İbrahim Sarıtaş25/12/201725/12/2017

“If you had seen the sahabas, you would say ‘Are they insane?’ If they had seen you, they would say ‘Aren’t these Muslims?” This is the way Hasan al-Basri describes...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 28

How is the honour of the Muslim Nation protected?

Mustafa Topöz25/12/201725/12/2017

Political and Social Analysis in the light of Munazarat (the Debates) Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi expresses that three groups of people are one of the main reasons not only for...

ISLAMIC WORLD Sunnah

The illness of the century: Double standard

Arif Emre Gündüz25/12/201725/12/2017

According to the dictionary, the word 'standard' means, "a level of quality or achievement, especially one that people generally consider normal or acceptable." Starting from this meaning of ‘standard,’ we...

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.