Rais Amrohvi: A Man of Notable Scholarly & Poetic Skills, Sindh

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Rais Amrohvi, whose real name was Syed Muhammad Mehdi (1914-1988), was a renowned Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet and psychoanalyst and elder brother of Jon Elia. He was famous for his style of qatanigari (quatrain writing). He wrote several quatrains for Pakistani newspaper Jang for several decades. He promoted the language of Urdu and supported the Urdu-speaking people of Pakistan. His family is termed as family of poets.

The Sindh Assembly approved The Sind Teaching, Promotion and Use of Sindhi Language Bill, 1972 that developed conflict and language violence in the regime of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, he wrote his popular poem Urdu ka janaza hai zara dhoom say niklay (It is the funeral of Urdu, carry it out with fanfare). He also intended to translate the Bhagavad Gita into the language of standard Urdu.

Early life of Rais Amrohvi

Rais Amrohvi was born on the day of 12 September 1914 in Amroha, India. He shifted to Pakistan on the day of 19 October 1947 and settled in Karachi city. He was known for his style of Qatanigari (quatrain writing). For several decades he issued quatrains for Pakistan’s daily newspaper, Jang. He was also a supporter of the Urdu language and the Urdu-speaking people of Pakistan. He developed an institution Raees Academy where writers were trained in emotional and moral values.

He also released a number of books on the topic of metaphysics, meditation, and yoga. He was assassinated by virtue of his faith on the day of 22 September 1988 by an extremist religious militant group.

Publications

Poetry

• Alif
• Masnavi Lala-e-Sehra (1956)
• Pase Ghubar (1969)
• Qattat – I (1969)
• Qattat – II (1969)
• Hikayaat (1975)
• Ba-Hazrat-e-Yazdaan (1984)
• Malboos-e-Bahar (1983)
• Aasaar (1985)
• Kulliyat
• Naseemus sahar
• Zameer e khama

Other

• Muraqabah
• Ma’badun-Nafsiyaat (Parapsychology)
• Nafseyaat-o-Mabaad-an-Nafseyaat (3 vols)
• Ajaib-e-Nafs (4 vols)
• Le Sans Bhi Ahista (2 vols)
• Jinseyaat (2 vols)
• Aalam-e-Barzagh (2 vols)
• Hazraat-e-Arwah
• hypnotism
• Tawajjuhaat (2 vols)
• Jinnaat (2 vols)
• Aalam-e-Arwah (2 vols)
• Almiye e mashraqi pakistan
• Achche Mirza
• Ana minal husain