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Hajj ISSUE 24 WORSHIP

Importance, reward and benefits of Hajj

The Pen27/01/202119/05/2021

Hajj is an obligatory duty for Muslims which bear numerous personal, social, educational, moral and economic benefits. askaquestionto.us Hajj literally means “head for, visit, constantly go and visit an important...

Issue 33 WORSHIP

Why I perform salah

Dr Mirza İnak21/09/202025/01/2021

The prayer (salah) is neglected today, although it is the most important responsibility in Islam after the faith (iman), and it has the top priority among worship. Unfortunately, we are...

Issue 31 WORSHIP

Keep in mind these five types of worship

The Pen18/09/201925/01/2021

Spiritual struggle against the people of misguidance, which is the most important of struggles Serving a Muslim scholar by assisting him in the spreading of the realities of Islam Serving...

Epistles Issue 31 Suggested Reading WORSHIP

Key to bliss in this life and in the next

The Pen18/09/201903/05/2021

Despite being undemanding to perform, the Prayer is the key to bliss in this life and in the next. “The Fourth Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus In the Name...

WORSHIP

The fourth pillar of Islam: fasting

The Pen03/05/201927/02/2020

The fourth pillar of Islam is fasting in the month of Ramadan, the month in which the Qur’an was revealed, in solidarity with the poor, and as a spiritual exercise...

Issue 26 WORSHIP

Servanthood: first and foremost

Kudret Uğur19/11/201622/03/2017

Prophet Suleiman (as) He was a blessed gift given to David, peace be upon him. That is, he was a prophet son given to a prophet father. 1 He was...

ISSUE 23 WORSHIP

Dua’ in the Qur’an and its importance

Enes Çalık17/08/201530/11/2015

Man's basic duty is iman (belief) and dua’ (supplication). In this piece, we will quote the verses that show how important dua’ (supplication) is in the sight of Allah Subhanahu...

ISSUE 23 WORSHIP

Patience

N. Taşan18/06/2015

Enduring the misfortunes and illnesses, withstanding the desires of the lower self and being steadfast in worshipping are kinds of sabr (patience) that will lead us to the Paradise. Sabr...

ISSUE 23 WORSHIP

Getting Motivated to Perform Salah

The Pen18/06/201508/11/2016

The five daily prayers, our first and most important duty, are the key to the happiness in this life, preventing us from starving spiritually, and in the Hereafter, bringing us...

Comment WORSHIP

Hunger teaches us many lessons

Yunus Emre Pehlivan18/06/201527/02/2020

Blessed month Ramadan al Sharif has come again. For the last few years it is in summer. This means long hours of hunger and thirst in many countries. Muslims fast...

THE PEN MAGAZINE

The Pen is an educational and cultural periodical which covers 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.