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“Either Truthfulness or Silence”

Feride Karahan19/08/201001/04/2011

"Either truthfulness or silence". That is, there are two ways, not three. That is, not either the truth, or lies, or silence. Only two ways, either truth or silence…. (Damascus...

Issue 6 Youth

Being Young In This Century

Mehlika Yağmur18/08/201030/03/2011

Yesterday I saw a group of young boys. They were at least seven or eight in total. I guess they were at high-school. These days were Ramadan. They had sandwiches...

Issue 8 News&Events SOCIETY

Final Declaration of The Third International Bediuzzaman and Risale-i Nur Symposium

The Pen15/07/201005/11/2015

All the positive sciences, which are the reflections of 'Alim (Knower) divine name of Allah, absolutely through their special language have been witnessing the existence and uniqueness of Allah. Due...

HUMAN RELATIONS ONLINE ARTICLES

Respect for Humanity (2)

Emre Karahan13/07/201001/04/2011

Deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it, that is shortly kindness and compassion, corner stones of civilization and humanity. Civilization, this term and...

ONLINE ARTICLES Youth

Youth and the Qur’an

Salahaddin Özel13/07/201001/04/2011

Before Qur’an’s great transformation, the life in the Arab peninsula was harsh and hard in terms of not only geographical or physical but also moral and spiritual conditions. The religion...

ONLINE ARTICLES Youth

The True Meaning of Youth

Feride Karahan15/05/201001/04/2011

Not long born; still in the first part of life, not old; juvenile, having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; weak… The literary meaning of “young”… Apart from these meanings Islam gives...

Issue 5 SOCIETY

Zuhd and Administration

İdris Tüzün11/03/201030/03/2011

Asceticism means not to appreciate and enjoy the world and its properties. In many verses of the Qur’an and the ahadith of the Prophet, the love of the world is...

Issue 5 SOCIETY

The Republic

The Pen11/03/201012/04/2011

They asked me at the court: “What do you think about the Republic?” I replied: “As my biography which you have in your hands proves, I was a religious republican...

Elderly Issue 4

Seventy Eight

Hamza Berat30/12/200930/03/2011

Benjamin was in a sombre mood with his face full of sadness. He had remembered those days again. Thinking of it, a deep sorrow and grief invaded his heart. He...

HUMAN RELATIONS Issue 2 News&Events

Two Solutions for Islamophobia

Ali Kurt07/06/200805/11/2015

THE PROPER PRESENTATION AND THE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION (TABLIGH AND TAMSIL) Although Islamophobia we notice as a concept in Europe since the 8th century, the period the Muslims reached the borders...

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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.