Rais Amrohvi

Syed Muhammad Mehdi, known as Rais Amrohvi (or Raees Amrohvi) (Urdu: رئیس امروہوی) (b. 1914 - d. 1988) was a noted scholar, Urdu poet and psychoanalyst of Pakistan.

He was born on September 12, 1914 in Amroha, India, in a notable family of scholars. Almost all the members of his family were poets. He migrated to Pakistan on October 19 1947 and settled in Karachi.

He was known for his unique style of Qatanigari (quatrain writing). For many decades he penned quatrains every day for Pakistan's largest daily newspaper Jang. He also supported the Urdu language and the Urdu-speaking people of Pakistan.

He penned a number of books on metaphysics, meditation and yoga. He also tried to produce a standard Urdu translation of the Bhagavad Gita. He was assassinated on September 22 1988.

Works

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)

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"

ee also

* Jon Elia