Rais Amrohvi, real name Syed Muhammad Mehdi (1914-1988), was a Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet, paranormal investigator, and psychoanalyst, and Jaun Elia’s elder brother. He was well-known for his qatanigari style. For over a decade, he wrote quatrains for the Pakistani weekly Jang. He advocated for the Urdu language and the Urdu-speaking people of Pakistan. His family is known as a family of poets.
The Sindh Assembly passed the Sind Teaching, Promotion, and Use of Sindhi Language Bill in 1972, sparking conflict and language violence during Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s regime, prompting him to write his famous poem Urdu ka janaza hai zara dhoom say niklay. He also intended to translate the Bhagavad Gita into typical Urdu.
Early Life
Amrohvi was born in Amroha, India, on September 12, 1914. On October 19, 1947, he immigrated to Pakistan and settled in Karachi. He was a promoter of the Urdu language and its speakers in Pakistan. He founded the Raees Academy, where writers received instruction on emotional and moral values.
He also wrote a number of books on metaphysics, meditation, and yoga.
Assassination
On September 22, 1988, he was slain by an extremist religious militant organisation because of his faith.
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’badong-Nafsiyat (Parapsychology)
- Nafsiyat-e-Mabad-an-Nafsiyat (3 vols)
- Ajaib-e-Nafs (4 vols)
- Le Sans Bhi Ahista (2 vols)
- Jinsiyat (2 vols)
- Aalam-e-Barzagh (2 vols)
- Haziraat-e-Arwah
- Hypnotism
- Tawajjuat (2 volumes)
- Jinnaat (2 volumes)
- Aalam-e-Arwah (2 volumes)
- Almiye e mashriqi Pakistan
- Achche Mirza
- Ana minal husain