Din Muhammad Wafai
Din Muhammad Wafai دين محمد وفائي | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 April 1894 |
| Died | 10 April 1950 (aged 56) |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Occupations | Scholar, poet, journalist and historian |
| Writing career | |
| Genres | Prose, Poetry |
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
[edit]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
[edit]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 develop Sindhi course books, and Wafai was a member of that committee.[1][7]
Books
[edit]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
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "دين محمد وفائي مولانا : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا) - Din Muhammad Wafai profile (translated into English)". Encyclopediasindhiana.org website (in Sindhi). Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Khushk, Afshan Khatoon; Rind, Bashir Ahmed (2018). "A Research Review of Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai's Work on Religious and Literary Biography". The Scholar Journal (in Urdu). 4 (2): 84–105.
- ↑ "مولانا دین محمد وفائی - Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai profile". Daily Jang newspaper (in Urdu language). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ↑ Sheedai, Rahimdad Khan Maulai (1992). تاريخ سکر (in Sindhi) (1st ed.). Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan: Sindhi Adabi Board. p. 432.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "مولانا دین محمد وفائی - obituary and profile". Akhbar-e-Jehan.com (Jang Group of Newspapers) (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ↑ شیخ, طارق عزیز (4 April 2022). "مولانا دین محمد وفائی". ہم سب (in Urdu). Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tariq Aziz Sheikh (5 April 2022). "مولانا دین محمد وفائی… سندھ کے وہ عالم جس نے قلم کی طاقت سے قوم کو بیدار کیا". Nawaiwaqt newspaper (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Shah Jahanpuri, Abu Salman (1992). مولانا دین محمد وفائی (in Urdu) (1st ed.). Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Academy. p. 24.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Girami, Ghulam Muhammad (1977). "ويا سي وينجھار - scroll down to Din Muhammad Wafai profile (translated into English)" (in Sindhi) (1st ed.). Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan: Sindhi Adabi Board. Archived from the original on 13 January 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.