in this article, while bringing up the phrase ‘aqrab al-nās ilayha ‘alī b. abī ṭālib, we would touch upon the important controversy concerning the rest of the phrase and would examine the viewpoints of both the proponents and opponents; then, we would draw a conclusion of this debate and explain that various phrases have been quoted from ibn ‘arabī and it is most likely that this difference is ...

Heroism is one of the main themes in popular Persian prose stories. The hero in these stories has characteristics that generally belong to the mythical beliefs and traditions of pre-Islamic and post-Islamic Iran. Many historical and social factors are important in the transmission of these traditions and beliefs but one of the most important ones is Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. In many cases, the acti...

A substantial part of actual practical software engineering (SE) work is performed in a chaotic way according to the famous SEI classification. This paper deals with chaotic projects which nevertheless succeed, labeling them "heroic" projects. Example scenarios from industrial practice explain why any serious amount of development work will always be heroic. A first-aid approach to quality assu...

M.-A. Amir-Moezzi reprend dans cet article le dossier des paralleles entre chiisme et christianisme. Il souligne que les convergences deux religions sont plus profondes similitudes thematiques, rhetoriques litteraires. Elles paraissent avoir racines theologiques spirituelles comparables a travers la figure de ʿAlī, comme imām, celle Jesus, Christ Messie. Avant s’interesser ‘Alī, presente dimens...