A Review of the Translation of the Literally Allegorical Verses in Seven Persian Translations of the Quran

The Holy Quran is a book whose words have been chosen by the All-Wise God and only match His Status. Meanwhile, the translation of the Quran requires interpretation and interpretation demands knowledge of the Quranic sciences. Among the important issues in the Quranic sciences is the subject of literal allegories. Hence, the present article evaluates the accuracy of the seven Persian translations of the Holy Quran, i. e. Ayati, Dehlavi, Fuladvand, Mojtabavi, Meshkini, Makarem Shirazi and a group translation, in conveying the meaning of the literally allegorical verses. An attempt has been made to examine several areas of discrepancy in allegorical verses some of which are lexical discrepancy and disagreement about the number and composition of such verses. The carefulness of the translators in rendering of the translation identically has been evaluated as well. Our findings indicate that most of these translators have not paid enough attention to the translation of allegorical verses and the group translation by Mohammad Ali Rezaee Isfahani and his coworkers is more successful than others in translating allegorical verses.