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Issue 36 WORSHIP

What is Salah?

Ali Cirit19/11/202105/10/2021

Allah built this palace of the universe to make Himself known. Salah (Prayer) is knowing Him. With His unique arts, Allah declares that everything is the work of His power....

Issue 36 WORSHIP

We couldn’t Recognize our Children

The Pen16/11/202105/10/2021

Murat AĞCIL This is probably one of the most common complaints we’ve heard recently: “My son does not perform salah (prayer)”, “My daughter has started to change after turning twelve”,...

Issue 36

I Learned my Lesson from the Mountains and the Stones

The Pen12/11/202105/10/2021

Kürşat İMALI I was so bored. I was seriously down. The incidents happened one after another. It was the middle of March. In my grandmother's words, "It was crazy March."...

Issue 36 SOCIETY

The Muakhat System established by our Beloved Prophet

Ahmed Hüsrev Acar09/11/202128/09/2022

The muakhat system was announced at a meeting held at Enes b. Malik’s house five months after our beloved Prophet (PBUH) came to Madina.

Allah Issue 36

Is it the forces of nature?

Yunus Emre Pehlivan02/11/202126/02/2022

Canvas, easel, paint, palette, solvent and oil medium, paint brush, the palette knife, and some general supplies such as paper towels, cups, jars and tape. These are some painting supplies....

FAMILY Issue 36

Prof. Dr. Ahmet AKIN İstanbul Medeniyet University Family Counseling Chair Privacy defines a private area that protects human dignity and honour. Unlike all other creatures, the privacy of the body...

Issue 36

Superman isn’t real!

The Pen26/10/202105/10/2021

Alpaslan Talha AKKURT While talking and discussing current political events, I often think that people tire themselves in vain, although sometimes we find ourselves in heated discussions. This can sometimes...

Issue 36 Youth

O You Young!

Yusuf Taha Helvacı22/10/202126/02/2022

Yusuf Taha HELVACI A very truthful saying, the source of which is unknown but the reality of which can be acknowledged without much thought, goes: “O the young man of...

Issue 36

Luminous Points from the Book of Light

Mustafa Topöz19/10/202127/10/2021

2 WRONGS THAT TURN MATERIAL CALAMITY INTO SPIRITUAL ONE 1 Physical illnesses, if the following two mistakes are made, spread from the body to the heart and turn into a...

Hereafter Issue 36

Creation of Life and Death

The Pen15/10/202115/10/2021

Hifa ÖZDEMİR The truth of life and death has been the greatest issue of humanity since the first man. People ask, “What are you in this world, where do you...

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.