Salaam all,
My fiance and I have designed our cards to have a poem or ayaat on each page. Our card is booklet style so on one side we have the ayaat/poem and the other side is details of the event.
We can’t figure out what to write on our mehndi card. The other cards are so pretty and then the mehndi card just looks empty. I really need help since the card guy is asking us to submit something soon.
PLEASE PLEASE HELP!
If you have any examples please post. Ideas are welcome. A lot of the stuff I found online is very corny “haathon ki khushbu” and stuff…don’t want none of that. Something deep lol.
Mahi thanks so much but I already used someone's idea for the wording lol....its an ayaat or poem I need..or something deep you know.
I used the "mehndi petals and candles thing" as a welcoming gesture but I need something more poetic for the other side of the page :( ...if we dont find anything for that it will look a bit eccentric since the other pages have an ayaat and a dua. Keep it coming girls!
*Mehndi; the decorative henna holds his heart *
By: Anonymous
“With the decorative henna on her hands
She holds her destiny so close within,
So very light and so very pure
She met him in a dream some way some how,
He is hers as she is his, their destiny had already been written
This henna on her hands tells her so,
In her hands his heart is gently rocked to and fro,
Till the time of departure
To her husbands house she will have to go,
This yellow tormenting sparkling henna
A sign of new brides blushes
A sign of this woman sweating brow and embarrassment
With her head down and her heart beating faster and faster,
She is in torment praying it’s all over soon,
She will always be at her husband’s side
In happiness and sorrow
She is at his command
She will and has fallen in love with him
He will give her everything she will demand,
She is his star she is his moon
The yellow henna on her hands
Had already told him she is his.”
Ok, ignore that. Just posted it because I found it. :)
Why don't you write lyrics of different mehndi songs on the card? A few lines form one song that you like and a few from another. Not very supportive of aayats being written on invites and people don't dispose them off properly once the wedding is over.
SGC it can be a quote about love and all....lol Mahi I tried doing song lyrics but it just sounds wayyyyyy corny lol...I wanted something about like the actual celebration but I guess something simple and sweet can be nice. From a shayar or something...it can be in urdu or english. I found a sample but it was too cheezy for my liking:
"Diye jalgaye hain,
phool kilgaye hain,
mehndi ki raat aye hai" LOL...don't want anything like this just want something cute and simple.
Just a general question to the people printing verses of the Quran on their invites...you do of course realize that your guests will probably be throwing away your invitations after your wedding. Do you really think its good to be printing the Quran onto something so disposable?
Just a general question to the people printing verses of the Quran on their invites...you do of course realize that your guests will probably be throwing away your invitations after your wedding. Do you really think its good to be printing the Quran onto something so disposable?
I agree with this sentiment. I actually question writing "bismillah" on a card as well since most people (Muslims and non-Muslims) handle the cards and likely throw it out.
I know that we always use bismillah to begin any naik/mubarak kaam, but there has got to be a way where it's not written in such a "disposable" form.
I had an idea that bismillah could be an "insert" sticker/bookmark that was only included in the cards given to Muslims and then they can remove it and treat it with due respect.
on my mehndi card it was written
xyz
invites you to enhance the colours of mehndi of
abc
come lets partY together
and on mayoon card it was simply written
enjoy the dholk beats...
hope you get some idea
Meri haatho ki mehndi badi nirali,
Bhini bhini si khusbu,Geru se rang ki lali,
Isse judi mere sapno ki ladi..
Aane wale palo mein ahsaso ki jhadi
Wo anjane saajan, wo unki baate,
Wo janmo ka rista, wo madhbari ratey,
Piche chuttha babul ka ghar,
Ussey judi bachpan ki yaade...
Aansuo ki beech khushiyo ki leher,
Saajan ki soch kar wo jhukti palke, wo dhadkta dil,
Wo kapte haath, wo machlta dil,
Apne hoto ko si lu mein kuch bhi na bolu..
Mere haatho ki mehndi mere sapno ke palne mein sinduri rang ghol jaaye...
I dont know if u will like it, i have found this poem on net
I agree with this sentiment. I actually question writing "bismillah" on a card as well since most people (Muslims and non-Muslims) handle the cards and likely throw it out.
I know that we always use bismillah to begin any naik/mubarak kaam, but there has got to be a way where it's not written in such a "disposable" form.
I had an idea that bismillah could be an "insert" sticker/bookmark that was only included in the cards given to Muslims and then they can remove it and treat it with due respect.
Just an idea...
you can write the english version too... would that be the same thing?
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficient, the Most Merciful
We actually wrote the English version and contacted an Imam who said it would be a good idea to include an insert requesting that your guests dispose your card very carefully as it has Qur'anic verses. He said this way "we have done our parts as Muslims" and the responsibility lies on the guest...I guess a good way to dispose would be to shred?
Honestly, my family is very big on incorporating religion so that is why I put it on my card. A lot of families do so. People usually keep cards. About 95% of our guests are Muslim. Our other friends know how much Islam matters to us and we have already explained our situation.
I think the Imam gave a wonderful idea of an insert. What do you guys think?