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How to spend spiritual time in Istanbul

The Pen29/05/201505/11/2015

1. Fath 1453 Panorama Museum This museum, located at the exact battle field and close to the tent of the Sultan Muhammad al-Fatih, is the fruit of a scholarly research...

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...

FAMILY ISSUE 23

Rights of the Wife over Husband

Muhammed Zakir Çetin29/05/201530/11/2015

Husband must be friendly, kind, generous and nice to his wife. First of all, I believe we must know that the law of the family is for ensuring the happiness...

FAMILY ISSUE 23

Family Life in Ayahs and Hadiths

The Pen29/05/201530/11/2015

The verses from the Holy Qur’an: “And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein.” (TaHa, 20:132) “O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families...

ISSUE 23

Description of Battlefield of Life: Motivation, enemies and remedies

Hamza Berat29/05/201530/11/2015

There exists for man a great comfort in hardship. Since man’s fitrah (innate disposition) is agitated, his comfort is only to be found in work and striving. Life constitutes one [great]...

EDITOR ISSUE 23

Editor’s Letter: Believer’s Quest for Spiritual Healing

Yunus Emre Pehlivan07/05/201528/09/2021

Prophet Ayyub alaihissalam was afflicted with serious wounds and sores for a really long time. Even worms were generated in his wounds. He endured his sickness with patience until those...

ISSUE 23

The Pen 23rd Issue

The Pen07/05/201502/05/2016

. . January - June 2015 Repentance from Sins Do not risk the loss of the great rewards of the hereafter for mere passing pleasures Editor's letter:...

ONLINE ARTICLES OPINION

The Jihad and Peace

Mustafa Latif Çobankaya23/03/201525/03/2015

Jihad takes a big part of the approach of Islam to peace. It has two general meanings, in the order of importance: the greatest jihad, spiritual one, and the little...

HUMAN RELATIONS ONLINE ARTICLES OPINION

Everyday some people are asked to seek counseling to control their anger. Many work places, organizations, schools have consultants and seminars about this growing issue. Getting some kind of training...

HISTORY&CULTURE News&Events

Ataşehir Mimar Sinan Mosque

The Pen23/03/201525/03/2015

Opened to worship on Friday, June 20th 2012, Mimar Sinan Mosque was built in 22 months at a cost of 40 million TL. The mosque, which is similar to Edirne...

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.