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If Allah is intangible, why do Muslims turn to the Kaaba during Salah?

The Pen25/03/201302/01/2015

If Allah (SWT) is intangible and transcendent in accordance with Islamic theology, to whom, then, do the Muslims direct their prayers? Allah (SWT) is free from space Being the Creator...

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...

Issue 16 PILLARS OF FAITH WORSHIP

Concentration and humbleness in Prayers

The Pen16/12/201227/05/2014

By Mohammad Qasim* Although the main prayer in Islam (known as salat in Arabic) is ostensibly made up of some physical movements, indeed it should be performed with reverence, concentration...

Issue 14 SOCIETY WORSHIP

The Spiritual Jihad

Muhammed Zakir Çetin04/05/201223/03/2015

While in the past, under certain conditions, Muslims were ordered to engage in jihad against their enemies as a defence, in today’s world of chaos, uncertainty and lack of final...

Issue 14 WORSHIP

What Do the Movements in the Prayer Mean?

The Pen27/04/201222/06/2012

What do the movements of salah such as qiyam, ruku’ and sujud represent? Answer: Niyyah (intention of prayer): Niyyah is the decision of the heart,the declaration of the reasons behind...

ONLINE ARTICLES WORSHIP

Why Worship?

Yunus Emre Pehlivan20/04/201227/05/2014

“O you people, worship…” (Baqara, 2:21) First of all, we must say that “we worship because our Creator tells us so.” We all know that there is great profit and...

WORSHIP Youth

Looking at Haram (forbidden) things

The Pen30/03/201203/06/2014

The great spiritual people, that is, the muttaqin as an expression of the Qur’an, shun away from the forbidden, illicit things as they avoid from the snakes or scorpions. They...

WORSHIP

TV, sins, and prayers

The Pen30/03/201223/03/2015

Question: What is the situation of the Muslims who perform the prayers, but they watch TV in their dialy life, too. Are their prayers accepted? Because there are many sins...

ONLINE ARTICLES WORSHIP

What prevents a Muslim from Prayer?

Yunus Emre Pehlivan16/03/201222/03/2012

Salah, the prescribed prayers, are very valuable for a Muslim. It is the pillar of the religion. It is the first thing that Allah will hold us to account for...

SOCIETY WORSHIP

How to give up sins?

The Pen05/03/201216/04/2012

Sometimes we realize that some of our habits are actually sins. Although we accept this, we cannot give up those habits/sins. And we always feel sorry for this. So how...

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.