Challenges and Solutions of Rendering the Predicative "Kam" in Persian Translations of Holy Quran

Translation of Holy Quran as a Book revealed by God, which contains the Divine Decrees, human guidance and the miracle of the Holy Prophet of Islam has caught the attention of many translators and scholars. Since the translations of Holy Quran like every other translation may include deficiencies, their revision is of particular importance; thus, their critical revision is of vital importance. One of the difficulties of translators in the translation of Holy Quran is rendering the particles of reduction and addition including the word "kam" [how much/many] which causes certain challenges for the translators in its rendition. Then, critical assessment of Persian translations of Holy Quran from this perspective is important in order to determine the type of "kam" and the section of the sentence that is conditioned with it. In the current essay through the expression of the challenges of the translation of "kam", a translation has been used as sample and then we have proceeded to provide a critical review of the translations of such translators as Razi, Fuladvand, Makarem Shirazi, and Khoramshahi. Accordingly, the deficiencies of the aforementioned translations have been clarified which are as follows: identification of the type of "kam", determination of the conditioned part of the sentence, discord of the translations in rendering various verses, lack of stipulation of the meaning of self-glorification in the translation of predicative "kam", and literal translation of the preposition "min" before objective predicate.