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 ...

The examination of the word “‘izza” (honor) in the divine discourse and its attribution to God, the Prophet (s), and the believers is important in determining and directing the personal and social life policies. In this article (which is on the manifestation of the divine honor in Imām Ḥusayn’s heroic act), we aim to illustrate some of the honorable deeds of Imām Ḥusayn on his way from Medina t...

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...

In the light of the fact that the Qur’ān is connected to the divine knowledge, this article examines the exegetic opinions and the definitive religious realities, and compares and analyzes them in order to decode the mysterious references made by the Qur’ān to the unmatched victoriousness of Dhul-Qarnayn in designing and founding the infrastructure of a magnificent civilization with a highly de...