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Epistles Issue 34 RELIGION & BELIEF

The human vocation

The Pen08/01/202112/08/2021

It is a fact that ‘establishing the Prayer and avoiding mortal sins’ are truly human vocations, suited to man’s innately pure disposition. “The Fifth Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus...

Issue 34

Recommendations from Said Nursi to the Ottoman Parliament

Ali Semerci08/01/202127/01/2021

After Abdulhamid Khan declared constitutionalism in the Ottoman Empire, the elections were held on July 24, 1908. The Ottoman Parliament was opened on December 4th 1908 with the elected MPs....

Issue 34

Can human endure the calamities?

Muhlis Körpe08/01/202127/01/2021

YES, HE CAN. Allah Almighty has given man the strength to endure and overcome every misfortune. He bestowed the strength of patience to endure every evil. Man can “stand on...

Elderly Issue 34

We are all old

Mustafa Karadağlı08/01/202127/01/2021

In this period of pandemic when it was important to stay at home, eyes suddenly turned to our old people aged 65 and over. While this period does not pose...

Elderly Issue 34

The elderly’s need for hope

Muhammed Nuri08/01/202127/01/2021

If only youth would come back one day so that I could tell it what old age has done. This is what someone who...

Elderly Issue 34

The Remedy to Psychological Issues among the Elderly

The Pen08/01/202127/01/2021

Noornajihan JAAFAR Shah Rizul Izyan ZULKIPLY Celal AKAR Human beings begin to experience a deterioration in their physical and mental faculties from age 50. Islamic scholars describe these disabilities to...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 34

Islam is a global religion

Hamza Berat08/01/202127/01/2021

Islam is a global religion. It is not limited to one nation or a tribe. It embraces new colours, welcomes cultures and values differences. It rejects all sorts of racism...

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Another reason to be thankful

The Pen08/01/202127/01/2021

A person who eats an apple and says, “Alḥamdulillāh,” states by means of this thankfulness (shukr) that “this apple is a present that comes directly from the hand of Divine...

EDUCATION Issue 34

The worst of forgetting is to forget yourself

İbrahim Karaboğa08/01/202127/01/2021

Does a person forget himself? It's kind of strange to forget yourself, isn't it? Especially nowadays. In a time when individuality and egocentrism are at the forefront, how can someone...

Scholars

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

The Pen26/09/202026/09/2020

Nursi, known in Turkey as Ustad Bediuzzaman, was a polymath who excelled not only in the classical Islamic sciences but also in the modern natural sciences. He was a universal thinker of great...

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.