Din Muhammad Wafai
{{short description|Pakistani writer}}
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دين محمد وفائي
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| birth_date = 4 April 1894
| birth_place = Village Khathi، Tauka Garhi Yaseen, district Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan
| death_date = 10 April 1950
| occupation = Scholar, poet, journalist
| nationality = Pakistani
| citizenship = Pakistani
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Din Muhammad Wafai ([
Childhood 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.{{Cite journal |last=Khushk |first=Afshan Khatoon |last2=Rind |first2=Bashir Ahmed |date=2018 |title=A Research Review of Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai's Work on Religious and Literary Biography |url=https://siarj.com/index.php/Siarj/article/view/365/391 |journal=The Scholar |language=Urdu |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=84–105}} His father Khalifo Hakeem Gul Muhammad Bhatti was a scholar and poet.{{Cite web |title=مولانا دین محمد وفائی |url=https://jang.com.pk/news/650692 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=jang.com.pk}} He received early education from his father, who died when he was nine years old.{{Cite book |last=Sheedai |first=Rahimdad Khan Maulai |title=تاريخ سکر |publisher=Sindhi Adabi Board |year=1992 |edition=1st |location=Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan |pages=432 |language=Sindhi}} He then learnt Persian from Muhammad Alim and Arabic from Ghulam Umar of Sonu Jatoi and Ghulam Qasim of Garhi Yaseen.{{Cite web |last=شیخ |first=طارق عزیز |date=2022-04-04 |title=مولانا دین محمد وفائی |url=https://www.humsub.com.pk/452994/tariq-aziz-shaikh/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=ہم سب |language=ur}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai – Daily News |url=https://dailynews.com.pk/maulana-din-muhammad-wafa/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |language=en-US}} He launched monthly Tauhid from Karachi in 1923,{{Cite web |title=Bio-bibliography.com - Authors |url=http://www.bio-bibliography.com/authors/view/9571 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=www.bio-bibliography.com}} and Alhizb newspaper in 1927.{{Cite book |last=Shah Jahanpuri |first=Abu Salman |title=مولانا دین محمد وفائی |publisher=Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai Academy |year=1992 |edition=1st |location=Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |pages=24 |language=Urdu}} He was appointed as an editor of daily Al-Waheed in 1930. He also served as an editor of the daily Azad. In 1940,{{Cite web |date=2022-04-05 |title=مولانا دین محمد وفائی… سندھ کے وہ عالم جس نے قلم کی طاقت سے قوم کو بیدار کیا |url=https://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/05-Apr-2022/1526563 |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=Nawaiwaqt |language=ur}} 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. He was also member of the editorial board of the literary magazine Mehran published by the Sindhi Adabi Board.{{Cite book |last=Abro |first=Habib |title=مولانا دين محمد وفائي (Maulana Din Muhammad Wafai) |publisher=Sindh Culture and Tourism Department, Government of Sindh |year=1990 |edition=1st |location=Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |pages=18 |language=Sindhi}} 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.{{Cite web |title=دين محمد وفائي مولانا : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا) |url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=دين%20محمد%20وفائي%20مولانا |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=www.encyclopediasindhiana.org |language=sd}}
Books
Din Muhammad Wafai authored more than 60 books.{{Cite web |title=مولانا دین محمد وفائی |url=https://akhbar-e-jehan.com/detail/35738/maulana-din-mohammad-wafai |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=akhbar-e-jehan.com |language=en}} These include:
- 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
Din Muhammad Wafai died on 10 April 1950 in Sukkur. He was buried in Waria Jo Tarr graveyard of Sukkur.{{Cite book |last=Girami |first=Ghulam Muhammad |url=http://www.sindhiadabiboard.org/catalogue/Personalties/Book58/Book_page1.html |title=ويا سي وينجھار |publisher=Sindhi Adabi Board |year=1977 |edition=1st |location=Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan |language=Sindhi}}
References
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Category:Pakistani journalists