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Featured HISTORY&CULTURE Issue 21

Ramadan in the Ottoman Empire

The Pen30/09/201403/05/2019

The blessed month Ramadan was welcomed at governmental level in the Ottoman Empire. By Muhammed Fatih SEMİZ Ramadan made a different sense to Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman society. The...

Articles Issue 21 Issue 22 LEAD ARTICLE

Risale-i Nur is a Commentary of the Holy Quran

The Pen30/09/201414/10/2016

Risale-i Nur is such a strong tafseer, which expresses, explains, and proves the truths of faith of the Qur’an with strong evidence and proof, that it silences the most obstinate...

2014 Angels

Luminous Workers of the Universe: Angels

Zafer Zengin30/09/201405/11/2014

Malaika are dutiful living creatures that serve Allah Subhanahu wa Taʽala everywhere. The heavens have attracted the interest of the man since he first set foot on the earth. Questions...

Articles DIVINE BOOKS Issue 21 OPINION Qur'an

The Miraculous Inimitability of the Word of Allah

Hasan Spiker30/09/201422/12/2016

The Qur’an is the inimitable, eternal Divine address to mankind. *This article is the transcription of a talk given in a workshop. The Qur’anic Miracles (al-Mu’jizatul Qur’aniyya) is one of...

Issue 21 Sahabas Sunnah

Leadership and Modesty

İdris Tüzün30/09/201408/11/2016

Humble leaders become successful and, more importantly, attain the pleasure of Allah Subhanahu wa Taʿala. Modesty means ‘not to hold high esteem of oneself,’ and ‘not to belittle others.’ It...

EDITOR Issue 21

Editor’s letter: a strong tafseer of the Qur’an

Yunus Emre Pehlivan30/09/201410/11/2014

As you know Imam Said Nursi (ra)’s Risale-i Nur treatises are the basic sources of our magazine. In every issue we present you various articles that benefited from Risale-i Nur....

ONLINE ARTICLES OPINION

Economic System Debates

Ahmet Fatih Ceyhan12/08/201421/11/2016

History has proved that one of the main reasons for conflicts around the world have taken place because of economic inequality and injustice. Especially, after the industrial revolution, the issue...

ONLINE ARTICLES OPINION SCIENCE

Human as a Minimized Sample of the Universe

Muhammed Güç25/06/201421/11/2016

Medicine is the field of applied science related to the art of healing by diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human...

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD OPINION

Islam in Spain: A Fragmented History, a Fragmented Identity

Alicia Rodriguez Mejuto25/03/201401/12/2016

Islam is presented to the Europeans as something alien and threatening, but in fact, they share a history of 1300 years. Spain, in particular, has a special bond with the...

NGOs/CIVIL SOCIETY OPINION

Be hopeful!

Ali Kurt23/01/201414/10/2016

The prescription for a magnificent but unfortunate continent; a glorious yet hapless state; a valuable yet helpless community is Islamic Unity. In this period of time when we begin to...

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.