Din Muhammad Wafai

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
Born	(1894-04-04)4 April 1894 Village Khathi، Taluka Garhi Yaseen, district Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan
Died	10 April 1950(1950-04-10) (aged 56) Sukkur, Sindh
Occupation	Scholar, poet, journalist and historian
Nationality	Pakistani
Citizenship	Pakistani
Genre	Prose, Poetry

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.^[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][4] He then learnt Persian from Muhammad Alim and Arabic from Ghulam Umar of Sonu Jatoi and Ghulam Qasim of Garhi Yaseen.^[5]

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.^[6]

He was influenced by Taj Mohammad Amroti, Allama Iqbal and Abdul Majid Sindhi.^[4] He launched monthly Tauhid from Karachi in 1923, and Alhizb newspaper in 1927.^[7][4] He was appointed as an editor of daily Al-Waheed in 1930. He also served as an editor of the daily Azad. In 1940,^[6] 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.^[8]

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.^[8][6]

Books

Din Muhammad Wafai authored more than 60 books.^[4]

These include:^[1][9]

• 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)^[1]
• Imdad-e-Yateema (Sindhi: امداد يتيمہ)
• Intkhab Sahih Bukhari (Sindhi: انتخاب صحيح بخاري)
• Hyder-e-Karar (Sindhi: حيدر ڪرار رضيہ)^[1]
• Islami Zindagi (Islamic Life, Sindhi: اسلامي زندگي), published in 1924.
• Khatoon-e-Jannat (Sindhi: خاتون جنت)^[1][6]
• ۡLutuf-ul-Latif (Sindhi: لطف الطيف), A study of Shah Jo Risalo^[4][6]
• َQurani Sadaquat (Sindhi: قرآني صداقت)
• Rahat-ul-Rooh Tazkirah Nooh (Sindhi: راحت الروح تذڪرہ نوح)
• Siddique Akbar (Sindhi: صديق اڪبر رضيہ)^[4][1][6]
• Syedna Usman (Sindhi: سيدنا عثمان رضيہ)^[4][1][6]
• Tareekh-e-Muhammadi (Sindhi: تاريخ محمدي صہ)
• Tazkirah Mashahir-e-Sindh, Part I, II & III (Sindhi: تذڪرہ مشاھير سنڌ), Biographies of saints of Sindh^[1][6]
• 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. He was buried in Waria Jo Tarr graveyard of Sukkur.^[10][4][6]

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.^[4][6]