PAKISTAN - A Sindhi translation of a book titled “Du’a” (supplication) written by Allameh Hilli, 13th century Shia scholar, will be published in Pakistan.
Ghorban Ali, eminent Pakistani figure and scholar from Khairpur City in Sindh Province, has translated the book into the Sindhi language.
In a meeting with Mahdi Khatib, who is in charge of Iranian Cultural Center in Karachi, Ghorban Ali said that he has selected the book for translation into his mother tongue to meet the needs of the society to religious sources.
The book is a valuable Islamic work which also includes important religious teachings, he said.
The Iranian official appreciated the Pakistani translator’s efforts and noted that the cultural center will cooperate in publication of the translation.
Khatib also suggested that he translate a research work on Ashura rituals in Sindh Province and Ghorban Ali welcomed the suggestion.
The Iranian official gifted him a copy of Imam Khomeini’s (RA) “Forty Hadiths” and one of the works of the Supreme Leader of teh islamic Revolution titled “Muslims in India’s Freedom Movement”.
Allameh Hilli was one of the well known Shia scholars of his time. His full name is Jamal al-Din Abu Mansur Hasan ibn Yusuf ibn Mutahhar al-Hilli. There are more than one hundred books written by him, some of which are still in the form of manuscripts.
Sindhi is the official language of the Pakistani province of Sindh. In India, Sindhi is one of the scheduled languages officially recognized by the federal government. It has influences from Balochi spoken in the adjacent province of Balochistan.
Most Sindhi speakers are concentrated in Pakistan in the Sindh province, and in India in the Kutch region of the state of Gujarat and in Ulhasnagar region of the state of Maharashtra.
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