salah – The Pen Magazine

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....

Epistles Issue 31 Suggested Reading WORSHIP

Key to bliss in this life and in the next

The Pen18/09/201903/05/2021

Despite being undemanding to perform, the Prayer is the key to bliss in this life and in the next. “The Fourth Word” from the Risale-i Nur Corpus In the Name...

Issue 30

The moment we are most close to Allah

Arif Emre Gündüz19/11/201831/03/2022

Salah (prayer) has a special place among all of the forms of worship for a Muslim, for it is the most important worship which will save the hereafter of a...

Issue 27

Namazgâh and prayer in the open field

Mustafa Yılmaz16/06/201719/11/2018

The word “namazgâh” – which means ‘place of prayer’ – is a compound of Persian word ‘namaz’ and preposition ‘gâh’ – which mean prayer and place respectively. Muslims have esteemed...

ISSUE 23 WORSHIP

Getting Motivated to Perform Salah

The Pen18/06/201531/03/2022

The five daily prayers, our first and most important duty, are the key to the happiness in this life, preventing us from starving spiritually, and in the Hereafter, bringing us...

Issue 14 WORSHIP

What Do the Movements in the Prayer Mean?

The Pen27/04/201222/06/2012

What do the movements of salah such as qiyam, ruku’ and sujud represent? Answer: Niyyah (intention of prayer): Niyyah is the decision of the heart,the declaration of the reasons behind...

ONLINE ARTICLES WORSHIP

What prevents a Muslim from Prayer?

Yunus Emre Pehlivan16/03/201222/03/2012

Salah, the prescribed prayers, are very valuable for a Muslim. It is the pillar of the religion. It is the first thing that Allah will hold us to account for...

Issue 11 WORSHIP

Mystery and Necessity of Salah

Salahaddin Özel16/08/201131/03/2022

WE PERFORM SALAT, SALAT MAKES US HUMAN The reason for the creation of the universe, namely humans is worship, which is stated in the versicle of the Quran as “I...

Issue 10 WORSHIP

Khushu (Humility) means veneration and involves submission and bowing down through expressing one’s reverence. According to one’s view, it has an identical meaning with that of khudhu (veneration). According to...

Articles Issue 10 WORSHIP

Maxims about Salah

The Pen15/06/201108/11/2016

The prayers and supplications for rain are a form of worship. Drought is the time for such worship. Worship and supplications of this sort are not in order to bring...

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.

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