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ڪتاب: شاهه جي رسالي جو مطالعو

 

صفحو :4

انالله و انا اليہ راجعون.

قطعہ تاريخ وفات

(از: دين محمد ”اديب“ فيروزشاهي)

اڄ هاءِ لڏي ويو ”وفائي“،

سنڌيءَ جي سَنَد اديبِ دوران.

اي هاءِ، حبيب ٿي جدا ويو،

دنيا مان ويو – ويو وڃڻ کان.

دل چُور هئي اڳي غمن کان،

زخمن تي لڳو هي زهري پيڪان.

موٽي نه وري، وڃي هتان جو،

ٿئي ان جو ملڻ مرڻ پڄاڻان.

دنياي ادب ۾ حادثو آهه،

ناقابل جبر آهه نقصان.

اڄ ڪير ڪري ادب جي خدمت،

هَي باغ ٿيو ادب جو ويران!

مشاطہ عروسِ فڪر ماهر،

هو سحر نگار سنڌي سبحان،

منجهه نثر انهيءَ جو پايو عالي،

همپايه نه ان جو ڪو نمايان.

تاريخ نويس، علم – جويا،

ان نڪتي سموهيا پريشان.

تازي و دري ۾ دُرفشان هو،

هو دُر ادب جو بحر عمان.

هي باغِ ادب جو باغبان هو،

هو باغِ سخن جو ابر نيسان.

ان شاهه لطيف جو لکيو حال،

ان ڪار کي شاهڪار ڄاڻان.

جرات سان چيائين حق جو ڪلمو،

جرات تي سندس، جريءَ حيران.

منجهه وقت خلافت جي ڪئي جنگ،

ان جنگ جي لاءِ مرد ميدان.

پرواه نه ڪيائين جيل جي ڪا،

پروانه جان باه ۾ وڌائين جان.

هن، طرز تي پانهنجي ڪيو ڪم،

ورچيو نه ڪڏهن هو پنهنجي ڪم کان.

هو محڪمِ عزم، عالي همت،

مَٽ ان جو هجي ڪو ورلي انسان.

مردن جو هو ڪال اڳ گهڻو ئي،

هيڪاري وڌيو سندس وڃڻ کان.

اميدون هيون منجهس گهڻيئي،

سڀ خاڪ ٿيون – دريغ، ارمان!

ماتم ٿيو محفلِ ادب ۾،

ماتم ڪده آهه بزمِ عرفان.

بيگاني يگاني کي سندس غم،

ان درد کان اهلِ ذوق لرزان.

دلِ ديده رُئن، جگر ٿيو داغ،

هن سوز کان صاف سينو سوزان.

مشرب ۾ عميق فرق هوندي،

ٿيا دل جا وسيع، تنگ غم کان.

بخشيس قصور ٻاجهه وارو،

بخشيس قصور، حور غلمان.

ڪر لطف جو پاڇو قائم ان تي،

نِت ان تي وساءِ ابر احسان.

آغوش ڪرم ۾ وٺ ڪريما!

بديون بدلاءِ نيڪين سان.

ٿئي حڪم نجات لاءِ جاري،

منجهه خلد برين وڃي خرامان.

سال آهه – ”باغهاي فردوس“،

فردوس ۾ ڏينس باغ بستان.

مقبول ”اديب“ جي دعا ڪر،

ايمان سان لڏاءِ هن جهان مان!

FOREWORD

Every reader of the Shah-jo-Risalo is confronted with the problem in how far Shah Latif has alluded to contemporary customs, and to objects and situations peculiar to Sindh and to the social life in his time. In the history of literature and mysticism, scholars have often forgotten that mystics and poets do not live in a vacuum but that they are bound to their environment and have to use symbols and rumus which can be understood by their countrymen and contemporaries, though these words bear, for the mystic, a deeper spiritual significance. Sorely has, in his book on Shah Abdul Latif, given a large picture of the social and political conditions of Sindh in the 17th and 18th centuries, so that the Europeun reader may get a right impression of Shah Latif’s environments and the background of his outward life.

In the present booklet, Shah jo mutalao, the well known author Din Muhammad Wafai (died 1950), has tried to show the peculiarities of Shah’s poetical language and to trace from his poetry a picture of the daily life in Sindh in the Kalhora period. We learn, through his book, the different kinds of birds, the camel races and their names the means of earning one’s life etc. For the Sindhi reader who is familiar with all the aspects of rural life, the book will be very interesting be cause it enables him to see many of his own experiences reflected in shah latif’s Poetry, and I am sure that he will look upon his own daily life with quite another view after having understood in what a wonderful manner the great Sindhi poet has transformed thing he sees every day into symbols of highest meanings. And the foreigner who reads for the first time the ‘Risalo, will find most useful information in din Muhammad Wafai’s book, information which enable him to admire the subtle blending of mystical ideas, and of simple folklore even more.

 

We do hope that the book will find the interest which it deserves, and we are sure that it will help to a better understanding of the masterpiece of sindhi literature.

BONN (West Germany)

7th august, 1961.

Professor, Dr. Annemarie Schimmel

 

 

Sind’s Great Writer

 

(Maulana Din Mohammad Wafai)

By: Jaffer Bilgrami

sind with its glorious past has produced great personalities whose work and deeds would be cherished for a long time to come.

 

The advent of the current century saw the Muslims of the subcontinent in one of the most grueling moments of their history engaged in waging war against illiteracy on the one hand and overthrowing the yoke of the British tyrannical rule on the other. The Muslims living in sind were no exception to those harrowing conditions and their struggles launched in various fields are of great importance. Among many personalities who made their debut in various fields at that crucial juncture of the history one was Maulana Din Mohammad Wafai whose name is synonymous with the struggle of sind in the freedom movement Maulana’;s contribution in the literature and journalism of Sind is unparallel and he was the first Sindhi scholar who initiated research in the history of Sind and made his mark in this field.

 

He was born in the village of nabiabad (Taluka Garhi Yasin of Sukkur District) on 27th Ramzan-ul-Mubarad 1311 AH. At the very young age of 12 Maulana had thoroughly acquired the knowledge of Persian and later he studied Arabic at various madrassahs in his village and after completion of education he soon started his teaching career.

 

In 1919 when Khilafat Movement began Maulana left the job and joined the movement for the cause which was always dear to him, and his people. This was a beginning of a path of a man destined to spend his life in the service of the people of Sind. That made Maulana Wafai the most respected and loveable personality of the entire province. In 1920 Sindhi journal Al-Waheed was brought out under the editorship of Kazi Abdul Rehman and Maulana was asked to join the editorial board of the newspaper. With this began the long carrier of Maulana as a journalist. His writings were declared pieces of marvellous writing in the Sindhi literature as Maulana has his own style of writing with clear expression and masterly narration which people used to read. Another field in which Maulana achieved landmark was the research in history of Sind. The Maulana painstakingly recounted the glorious past of the province and enlightened people through his writing. Maulana inspired the people with the heritage of Sind in its true perspective.

 

The efforts of Maulana Wafai did not go in vain and soon he emerged as a distinguished writer; research scholar of Sindh’s art history and literature. It needs no mention that the revival of history of Sind was mainly due to the tireless efforts of Maulana Din Mohammad Wafai. Eminent contemporary of Maulana have paid him glorious tributes for the service he rendered. Titles such as “Imam of Sind’s History”. “Living dictionary and encyclopaedia of Sind” were given to Maulana by many scholars and historians.

 

In 1943 Maulana Wafai resigned from Al-Waheed but continued to carry out Tauheed in which Maulana Sahib bitterly criticized the depraved and unscientific traditions and customs of the Muslims of Sind and reformed their religious, social and political thinking. Maulana Wafai died on April 10, 1950. in him sind lost a great veteran whose services will always be remembered his whole life was devoted to the cause of the people trying to uplift their social, educational and moral conditions. Maulana left 50 books which he wrote mostly on the history and religion.

(Daily News, April 29, 1975)

 

The Great Sindhi

Scholar Who Did Not

Live In Vain

By A.H Haquani

“No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men”

 

The history of Sind is interspersed with many a page of glorious periods. And these periods have, in fact, come to be synonymous with personalities whose works and deeds gave monumental image to them to live with; and be cherished through, the passage of time. The beginning of the present century saw the Muslims of Sind in the grip of grueling moments. The feudal overlords, under the patronage of colonial ‘sahhbs’, had virtually paralysed the masses under their tyrannical rule. Illiteracy amongst the Muslims was rampant. The few who could manage through school and college education hardly matched the ‘bania’ influence in the services. Trade commerce and industry were practically restricted areas for them.

Such were the harrowing conditions for the Muslims prevailing in the province at the turn of the century and at this juncture, a young man infused with the feeling of the spirit of the great Islamic heritage, endowed with a vision that seemed to foresee the coming events, and inspired by the clarion calls of Jamalhuddin Afghani and the Great Ali Brothers, came out from the recluse of his abode in a far-off unknown village, with the burning desire to serve the Mussalmans of his province. And in this he was to wage a war. The pen was to be his weapon. He gave a new trend to thinking among the Sindhi Muslims. His simple but bold, forthright but appealing writings revolutionised the intellectual sphere. His message soon started bearing results. The Sindhi Muslim youth had caught the signal of the message. Later years were to see an upheaval in all the areas of activities of the Muslims. The message gave them the realization of the potentials they had and the great force they could forge themselves into.

That man is no more with us today. With his deeds and works, he has, however, interwoven himself into the pages of Sind’s history. And though there is no monument to cherish his memory, he, in the words of Thomas Carlyle, with which this article begins, has carved out his biography in the annals of Sinds history. He certainly did not live in vain. That great man was Moulana Din Mohammad Wafai.

 Early life

He was born in the village of Nabiabad (Taluka Garhi Yasin, Sukkur District) on the 27th of Ramzan, 1311, AH. By the time he was 12, Maulvi Sahib had thoroughly acquired a good knowledge of Persian. In the following years he took the course in Arabic from various madrassahs in the villages around his home village.

 

By the time he was 18, he had completed his education and was fully equipped to embark on his mission, soon after he joined a school as to gain momentum. Maulvi Sahib Social felt that his loyalty to cause of Muslims demanded participation in the movement and that he could not any more remain aloof, so he left his peaceful job and joined the movement for the cause which was dear to his people. This was the start of long career of a man destined to spend his life in the service of the people of Sind. The career that made the name Wafai, one of the most respected and loved in the entire province.

In 1918 Maulvi Sahib established a Sindhi language journal by the name “Al-kashi” (the explorer). In 1920 a daily newspaper in Sindhi called: “Al-Waheed” was established under the editorship of Kazi Abdul Rehman. Maulvi Wafai was asked to join as the member of the editorial board. With this began the long and distinguished career as a journalist. His articles are pieces of good Sindhi literature. Being simple and straightforward, his writing was easily understood by one and all. His articles contained facts and he wrote a prose full of eloquence and the rhetorich used was rare.

Another field in which he achieved distinction was history. In those days nobody really cared for the contemporary histories began with accession to the throne by Queen Victoria and ended with the poise note praying for the good health and long life of the reigning King George V. it was this unfortunate state of affairs in which Maulvi Sahib set himself to work. He felt that a nation without history is a nation without respect, and that as long as the sindhi people remained ignorant of their own glorious past they can never face the future with confidence.

 

He was convinced that in the history of Sind there was enough to lift the chin of any Sindhi. It was also enough to inspire the people to yet higher ladders of progress. So he took up the delicate and the intricate work of acquainting his people with the heritage of sind in new perspective.

Imam of Historian

The efforts of the Maulvi Sahib ultimately met with success and many a renowned Sindhi historians took inspiration from Maulana’s works.

 

Soon renowned sindhi scholars like Pir Hisamuddin Rashdi and Pir Ali Mohammad Rashdi inspired by Maulana Wafai’s writings, took upon themselves to write many books on the history of sind and, to a considerable extent, repaired the damage that the years of neglect and hypocrisy had caused. It need not, therefore, be emphasised that the revival of Sind’s history, was mainly due to the tireless efforts of Maulana Wafai eminent contemporary literatures have paid glowing tributes to Maulana’s stature as a great historian and culogised his services as such. Pir Hisamuddin Rashdi has referred to Maulana Wafai as the Imam of Sindhi historians. Sind’s most revered educationist, the late Shamsul Ulema Dr. Daudpota used to call the Maulana as a living dictionary while to Pir Ali Mohammad Rashdi, he was a mobile encyclopedia.

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