A Critique of Shia in Islam Authored by the Late Allameh Tabatabaee

As a major instrument for development of science and culture، translation has always been under the consideration of world nations. Translation criticism is one of the mechanisms which can dramatically promote the quality of translation. In line with this issue، the present paper attempts to evaluate the English translation of Shia in Islam authored by the late Allameh Tabatabaee. To fulfill this objective، first، the nature of translation criticism is evaluated and، then، the criteria and standards required for criticism are introduced. Finally، the translation is evaluated and criticized on the basis of one of the criticism models introduced in this paper. According to the evaluation carried out here، Shia in Islam has been translated with a considerable degree of success although it is not devoid of some defects.