Din Muhammad Wafai
Pakistani writer
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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.[1]
Early life and education
Din Muhammad Wafai was born on 4 April 1894 in the village of Khathi (Sindhi: کٿي) of taluka Garhi Yaseen, district Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan.[1][2]
His father, Khalifo Hakeem Gul Muhammad Bhatti, was a scholar and poet.[3] He received early education from his father, who died when he was nine years old.[4][5] He then learned Persian from Muhammad Alim and Arabic from Ghulam Umar of Sonu Jatoi and Ghulam Qasim of Garhi Yaseen.[1][6]
Career
He 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.[7][1]
He was influenced by Taj Mohammad Amroti, Allama Iqbal and Abdul Majid Sindhi.[5][1] He launched monthly Tauhid from Karachi in 1923, and Alhizb newspaper in 1927.[8][5]
He was appointed as an editor of daily Al-Waheed in 1930. He also served as an editor of the daily Azad. In 1940,[7] 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.[1]
He was also member of the editorial board of the literary magazine Mehran published by the Sindhi Adabi Board.[9] 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.[1][7]
Books
Din Muhammad Wafai authored more than 60 books.[5]
- Aitqad Sahih: Mazhab Ahel-e-Hadith (Sindhi: اعتقاد صحيح: مذھب اھل حديث)
- Alham-e-Bari (7 volumes), (Sindhi: (ست جلد) الھام باري), Translation[1]
- 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)[1]
- Fatooh-ul-Ghaib (Sindhi: فتوح الغيب)
- Ghaus -e- Azam (Sindhi: غوث اعظم رحہ)[2]
- Imdad-e-Yateema (Sindhi: امداد يتيمہ)
- Intkhab Sahih Bukhari (Sindhi: انتخاب صحيح بخاري)
- Hyder-e-Karar (Sindhi: حيدر ڪرار رضيہ)[2]
- Islami Zindagi (Islamic Life, Sindhi: اسلامي زندگي), published in 1924.
- Khatoon-e-Jannat (Sindhi: خاتون جنت)[2][7]
- ۡLutuf-ul-Latif (Sindhi: لطف الطيف), A study of Shah Jo Risalo[5][7]
- َQurani Sadaquat (Sindhi: قرآني صداقت)
- Rahat-ul-Rooh Tazkirah Nooh (Sindhi: راحت الروح تذڪرہ نوح)
- Siddique Akbar (Sindhi: صديق اڪبر رضيہ)[5][2][7][1]
- Syedna Usman (Sindhi: سيدنا عثمان رضيہ)[5][2][7][1]
- Tareekh-e-Muhammadi (Sindhi: تاريخ محمدي صہ)
- Tazkirah Mashahir-e-Sindh, Part I, II & III (Sindhi: تذڪرہ مشاھير سنڌ), Biographies of saints of Sindh[2][7][1]
- 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 and legacy
Din Muhammad Wafai died on 10 April 1950 in Sukkur.[1] He was buried in Waria Jo Tarr graveyard of Sukkur.[10][5][7]
Din Muhammad Wafai was a teacher, journalist, writer, historian and an active member of Khilafat Movement mainly in the region of Sindh of British India and later in Pakistan.[1][5][7]