ramadan – The Pen Magazine

Issue 35

Ramadan and children

Murad Nureddin30/04/202130/04/2021

Alhamdulillah Ramadan has come once again. It is a really very special time for us Muslims around the world.It’s the time we get closer and closer to our Lord. It...

Issue 35

Fasting time in the Arctic Circle

The Pen30/04/202119/05/2021

How can those who live in or close to the North Pole region and have problems in the formation of evening and dawn times set the time of fasting? As...

WORSHIP

The fourth pillar of Islam: fasting

The Pen03/05/201901/06/2022

The fourth pillar of Islam is fasting in the month of Ramadan, the month in which the Qur’an was revealed, in solidarity with the poor, and as a spiritual exercise...

Issue 25

The impact of Ramadan to the economy

Ahmet C. Gülenay06/06/201604/08/2016

Economics is a very strange discipline among all disciplines partially because of its direct relationship with every part of life. But perhaps what makes it so interesting is its aim...

Featured Issue 25

Ramadan: the golden opportunity

İdris Tüzün06/06/201601/06/2022

Titled as the sultan of the eleven months a new blessed Ramadan is coming. We live in the end times. We commit many sins and are addicted to various of...

Featured HISTORY&CULTURE Issue 21

The luminous colour of Ramadan: ‘Mahyas’

Mustafa Yılmaz30/09/201403/05/2019

Mahya is an exciting Ramadan tradition enhancing the atmosphere of the blessed month. Mahya is accepted as the herald of Ramadan in our old culture. As good news of Ramadan,...

Issue 19 SOCIETY WORSHIP

Feasts, Festivities, and Special Occasions in Islam

Mohammad Mazhar Hussaini24/09/201316/04/2014

Islam has enacted two festivals which have special timings, rituals and ceremonies. These special occasions have effective benefits for social and individual well-being. Islam, the religion of fitrah (nature), allows...

A Garden of Truths Issue 19

Fasting and Allah’s Lordship

The Pen09/07/201301/06/2022

The fast of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam, and it is one of the greatest of the marks and observances of Islam. There are many purposes...

EDITOR Issue 19

Ramadan; a blessed month for spiritual healing

A.Cihangir İşbilir09/07/201303/05/2014

Praises be to Allah that we have reached the blessed month of Ramadan of 1434. The dictionaries say that one meaning of ‘Ramadh’ is the rain of autumn. We will...

ONLINE ARTICLES

A Better Ramadan in Turkey

Yunus Emre Pehlivan22/08/201122/08/2011

This Ramadan brought many differences to Turkey. Although many express that they miss the old Ramadans, for the last few years Ramadan has been better in Turkey. Especially this one...

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