Din Muhammad Wafai ([Sindhi: مولانا دين محمد وفائي], 4 April 1894 - 10 April 1950) was a writer, poet and journalist of Sindhi language who was a member of the Khilafat Movement.
Din Muhammad Wafai دين محمد وفائي | |
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| Born | 4 April 1894 Village Khathi، Tauka Garhi Yaseen, district Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Died | 10 April 1950 Sukkur, Sindh |
| Occupation | Scholar, poet, journalist |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Genre | Prose, Poetry |
Childhood and Education
editDin Muhammad Wafai was born on 4 April 1894 in the village of Khathi (Sindhi: کٿي) of taluka Garhi Yaseen, district Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan.[1] His father Khalifo Hakeem Gul Muhammad Bhatti was a scholar and poet.[2] He received early education from his father, who died when he was nine years old.[3] He then learnt Persian from Muhammad Alim and Arabic from Ghulam Umar of Sonu Jatoi and Ghulam Qasim of Garhi Yaseen.[4]
Career
editHe started his career as a journalist in 1916 from Ranipur, when he launched a monthly magazine Sahifa Qadria. He then launched magazine Alkashif in 1918. He joined the daily Al-Waheed in 1920 as an assistant editor.[5] He launched monthly Tauhid from Karachi in 1923,[6] and Alhizb newspaper in 1927.[7] He was appointed as an editor of daily Al-Waheed in 1930. He also served as an editor of the daily Azad. In 1940,[8] he was selected as a member of the central advisory board for promotion of Sindhi literature and also a member of the Sindhi Dictionary committee.[9] He was also member of the editorial board of the literary magazine Mehran published by the Sindhi Adabi Board.[10] After the creation of Pakistan, in January 1949, Sindh government formed a committee to write and edit Sindhi course books, and Wafai was a member of that committee.[9]
Books
editDin Muhammad Wafai authored more than 60 books.[11] These include:[1][10]
- Aitqad Sahih: Mazhab Ahel-e-Hadith (Sindhi: اعتقاد صحيح: مذھب اھل حديث)
- Alham-e-Bari (7 volumes), (Sindhi: (ست جلد) الھام باري), Translation
- Alham-e- Barul Mubeen (Sindhi: الھام برالمبين), Translation
- Azkar-e-Hussain (Rad Sheeaa Yadgar-e-Hussain), (Sindhi: اذڪار حسين (رد شيعہ يادگار حسين))
- Farooque-e-Azam (Sindhi: فاروق اعظم رضيہ)
- Fatooh-ul-Ghaib (Sindhi: فتوح الغيب)
- Ghaus -e- Azam (Sindhi: غوث اعظم رحہ)
- Imdad-e-Yateema (Sindhi: امداد يتيمہ)
- Intkhab Sahih Bukhari (Sindhi: انتخاب صحيح بخاري)
- Hyder-e-Karar (Sindhi: حيدر ڪرار رضيہ)
- Islami Zindagi (Islamic Life, Sindhi: اسلامي زندگي), published in 1924.
- Khatoon-e-Jannat (Sindhi: خاتون جنت)
- ۡLutuf-ul-Latif (Sindhi: لطف الطيف), A study of Shah Jo Risalo.
- َQurani Sadaquat (Sindhi: قرآني صداقت)
- Rahat-ul-Rooh Tazkirah Nooh (Sindhi: راحت الروح تذڪرہ نوح)
- Siddique Akber (Sindhi: صديق اڪبر رضيہ)
- Syedna Usman (Sindhi: سيدنا عثمان رضيہ)
- Tareekh-e-Muhammadi (Sindhi: تاريخ محمدي صہ)
- Tazkirah Mashahir-e-Sindh, Part I, II & III (Sindhi: تذڪرہ مشاھير سنڌ), Biographies of saints of Sindh
- Tauheed-e-Islam (Sindhi: توحيد اسلام), Translation
- Yad-e-Janan (Sindhi: ياد جانان), Memories of Jan Muhammad Junejo and others in the Hijrat Movement
- Zindagia Jo Maqsad (Phalsafah Ilim-un-Nafs), (Sindhi: زندگيءَ جو مقصد (فلسفہ علم النفس))
Death
editDin Muhammad Wafai died on 10 April 1950 in Sukkur. He was buried in Waria Jo Tarr graveyard of Sukkur.[12]
References
edit- ^ a b Khushk, Afshan Khatoon; Rind, Bashir Ahmed (2018). "A Research Review of Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai's Work on Religious and Literary Biography". The Scholar (in Urdu). 4 (2): 84–105.
- ^ "مولانا دین محمد وفائی". jang.com.pk. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Sheedai, Rahimdad Khan Maulai (1992). تاريخ سکر (in Sindhi) (1st ed.). Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan: Sindhi Adabi Board. p. 432.
- ^ شیخ, طارق عزیز (4 April 2022). "مولانا دین محمد وفائی". ہم سب (in Urdu). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ "Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai – Daily News". Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "Bio-bibliography.com - Authors". www.bio-bibliography.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Shah Jahanpuri, Abu Salman (1992). مولانا دین محمد وفائی (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Academy. p. 24.
- ^ "مولانا دین محمد وفائی… سندھ کے وہ عالم جس نے قلم کی طاقت سے قوم کو بیدار کیا". Nawaiwaqt (in Urdu). 5 April 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ a b "دين محمد وفائي مولانا : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)". www.encyclopediasindhiana.org (in Sindhi). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ a b Abro, Habib (1990). مولانا دين محمد وفائي (Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai) (in Sindhi) (1st ed.). Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Sindh Culture and Tourism Department, Government of Sindh. p. 18.
- ^ "مولانا دین محمد وفائی". akhbar-e-jehan.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Girami, Ghulam Muhammad (1977). ويا سي وينجھار (in Sindhi) (1st ed.). Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan: Sindhi Adabi Board.