RELIGION & BELIEF – The Pen Magazine

Epistles Issue 34 RELIGION & BELIEF

The human vocation

The Pen08/01/202112/08/2021

It is a fact that ‘establishing the Prayer and avoiding mortal sins’ are truly human vocations, suited to man’s innately pure disposition. “The Fifth Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus...

ISSUE 23 RELIGION & BELIEF

The Food of Lower-Self: Sins

İbrahim Yardım17/08/201501/12/2016

We must constantly be on alert against the sins that feed the lower-self. _______ Sins are like poisonous honey. It tastes sweet at first, but then it gives pain. Illicit...

Epistles ISSUE 23 RELIGION & BELIEF Suggested Reading

The value of religion for mankind

The Pen29/05/201503/05/2021

Disbelief makes people miserable, and it costs them their success and happiness in this life and the next. “The Eighth Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم...

DESTINY Issue 18 PILLARS OF FAITH RELIGION & BELIEF

Why belief in destiny one of the pillars of Islamic Creed?

İdris Ferid17/05/201322/01/2014

The issue of qadar (fate) and human free will and their reconciliation with each other is one of the most challenging issue of history of theology of not only Islam...

DIVINE BOOKS Issue 17 RELIGION & BELIEF

Why has Allah (SWT) sent down more than One Divine Religion?

The Pen08/04/201315/04/2015

Does humankind need more than one religion? Wouldn't one religion be enough? Basically, all divine religions have a consensus on tenets of faith, such as believing in God and the...

Issue 17 RELIGION & BELIEF Sunnah

The Truth about Mediation in Islam

Muhammed Zakir Çetin25/03/201308/11/2016

By Zakir Cetin Mediation and mentioning the names of blessed people, things and places while praying to Allah (SWT) has been dealt with in many verses and hadiths. We will...

Issue 16 RELIGION & BELIEF WORSHIP

The Importance of Repentance

The Pen16/12/201219/09/2020

Tawba (repentance) is a means to the infinite mercy of Allah and it is a shelter for the individual servant Allah blessed His servants with “free will” to choose between...

RELIGION & BELIEF

The Teaching of the Verified Faith

The Pen24/11/201214/10/2014

By Mufti Muhammad Saeed The Creed system of Islam has been established by the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Yet, sometimes a false interpretation of the verses by some scholars may...

Issue 14 RELIGION & BELIEF

Doubt in the Faith

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/04/2015

Having doubt in iman (faith) concerning the pillars of belief, such as the existence of God and the hereafter, is a mental confusion that occupies the mind and which might...

RELIGION & BELIEF SOCIETY

Benefits of Belief

The Pen04/04/201227/04/2012

There are innumerable benefits that the belief gives to man. Some of those benefits are seen in this world while the others in the hereafter. Benefits in the world: 1....

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.