A Criticism Based on Coherence Model about the Translation of Surah al-Bayyinah by Tahereh Saffarzadeh

Although different theories have been created as regards the translation efficiency in transferring concepts so far، there is almost no sound scientific method for reaching an exact and clear answer to this question. Nevertheless، it seems that by applying certain new theories in the field of text analysis، appropriate responses could be attained. The theory of cohesion and coherence developed by Halliday and Hasan (1985) is among the methods، with the help of which، the rate of textual cohesion and coherence and consequently، their textuality could be evaluated and analyzed. In addition to this، considering the importance of translation in the field of religious texts and especially the Holy Qur''an، arising from the position of these texts in doctrinal and didactic areas، it seems that by applying this theory to the existing translated texts، the translation efficiency and translator’s success in transferring concepts could be evaluated to some extent. According to this، the present study، following a descriptive-analytic and statistical method based on the mentioned model، has studied the translation of the holy Surah al-Bayyinah translated by Tahereh Saffarzadeh and came to the conclusion that considering the high percentage of coherence in translating this surah، the translator has been successful to a great extent in transferring the surah''s concepts.