The Pen Magazine – Islam, Quran, Sunnah

The modern individual has been crumbled into pieces mentally and spiritually. What will bring that individual to a holistic perspective is a critically verified faith. Thus many things in his life will change. Critically verified faith is attaining a sense of the Divine presence through the strength of certain, verified...

Issue 20

Critically Verified Faith and the Risale-i Nur Model

Muhammed Yumurtacı14/01/201401/12/2016

The Risale-i Nur provides the most effective ways of acquiring critically verified faith in an age when faith is being attacked through reason, philosophy and science by atheistic circles. “I created jinn and mankind only to worship Me.” (Dhariyat, 51:56) This noble verse expresses that the wisdom and purpose behind...

Issue 20

The Risale-i Nur: the Concept, Content and how to Benefit from it – 2

İdris Tüzün16/12/201321/11/2016

How to keep away from committing sins in modern times is a thorny issue to handle for they are widespread and even those who have strong belief may experience difficulty. The Risale-i Nur applies solutions which seem unprecedented. THE RISALE-I NUR HEALS TWO DIRE SITUATIONS IN THESE TIMES In the...

Prophets

The Wisdom of Prophethood and its Necessity

The Pen24/11/201208/03/2013

By Yusuf Muhammad Eid Sil’u Sometimes the human mind may be enough to conclude that there must be a Supreme Creator to explain the existence of the universe and the...

Prophets

The Flood of Noah

The Pen23/04/201214/07/2020

Was there a pair from each animal species in the Noah’s Ark? If so, wouldn’t it be an enormous Ship? And also, did the Flood of Noah cover the whole...

Prophets

Was there ever a woman prophet?

The Pen16/04/201214/07/2020

Was the blessed Mary (Virgin Mary) a prophet? And was there ever a female prophet? The Answer: No, she was not a prophet. Because, the mission of prophecy is assigned...

Prophets

124 thousand prophets, 124 million saints

The Pen03/04/2012

How many prophets were sent to the humanity? Is it 124 thousand? And is it true that 124 million saints lived in the world? Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) answered the question...