Analysis and critique of scientific margins of Dashti`s translation and its accordance to Nahj al-Balaghah

Imam Ali (AS) has raised some facts of creation in a variety of issues in Nahj al-Balaghah in order to reveal the arrangement and purposefullness of the world of creation, many of which can be in accordance with contemporary scientific discoveries. In the margin of his translation, Mohammad Dashti has adapted some of these topics to the common sciences in the present era and has introduced the words of Imam (AS) as a reference to these sciences. The present study tries to study and critique Dashti views by analytical-descriptive method and by comparing the content of these sciences with the words of Imam (AS). According to the present study, most of the mentioned sciences, such as Electromagnetic Waves, Acoustics, Entomology are correct in Dashti translation due to the existence of precise points or general and extensive scientific topics in Nahj al-Balaghah, and the words of Imam (AS) can be considered as a reference to these sciences. However, in many cases like Metallology, Petrology and Zoology there is no specific scientific justification and in the words of Imam (AS) there is no reference to the mentioned sciences. Also, in a small number of cases, the necessary care has not been taken in mentioning the title of the science. This means that some of them are not considered as an independent scientific discipline or the title of science presented by Dashti does not agree with the definitions mentioned in specialized books.