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The Pen 30th issue

The Pen

Editor’s letter: The person who has lived the Qur’an in his life the most Yunus Emre PEHLİVAN Answers to the claims of Deism Mustafa TOPOZ Four functions of Sunnah Ali CIRIT Our duty is to serve Dr Muhammed BOSTAN  Cooperation and division of labour Zeynelabidin YILDIRIM The moment we are most close to Allah Arif Emre GUNDUZ Essence of the intention Kudret UGUR Those who have hardship in wealth, and wealth in hardship Idris TUZUN Broken mirrors, broken worlds Dr Ebuzer OZKAN  One who eats halal does not become rebellious Recep Said YILDIRIM Keeping one’s promise Ali SEMERCI Cure…

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Knowledge and application of disciplining the lower self are totally different

İdris Tüzün

  “Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?” (The Qur’an, Baqarah, 2:44) Years ago one of my friends complained about a man who frequented his lectures: “He is so egotistical and arrogant. I do not know how to teach him not to be so egotistical and proud.” I advised him “Talk about the badness of egoism and arrogance and the ways to overcome them when he is present in the classes. Do not directly address him however!…

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The illnesses that blind you and their treatment

Zafer Zengin

In this piece we are going to discuss the illnesses that blind both the physical and spiritual sight of the human, cover the reality, and deaden insight and foresight of people although they should see the truth bright like daylight. These illnesses are familiarity, custom and monotony. Familiarity means ‘being used to something’. It becomes a veil in front of the eyes and prevents the reality to be seen. Another veil which is similar to familiarity is the laws of adatullah. Sunrise and sunset, cycle of seasons, the laws of…

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The philosophical core of the educational system must change

Mustafa Topöz

Education is the activity of changing the ideas and behaviours of people through teaching. The ideas they are taught first start to change their understanding and then their behaviours follow. Once the change of ideas and behaviours is accomplished, it means that education has achieved its goal. The Philosophy of Positivist Education In today’s educational system, the dominant philosophy in teaching the physical sciences to students is that of positivism. The positivist education philosophy assumes the existent beings as if they act on their own. It describes the relation of…

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The real purpose of those who deny the School of Thoughts, interpreters and the Companions

Arif Emre Gündüz

Today there are people commonly called experts in various areas. They naturally express their ‘expert opinion’ on only their fields. However, when the subject is religion, a lot of people who do not even have enough knowledge easily give a so-called opinion. As a matter of fact, it is also the principle of religious sciences like of all other sciences that ‘those who are knowledgeable talk about it.’ At such a time when people who are not knowledgeable talk and stir up trouble, we can also come across people who…

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