Guide
Mangni invitation wording
A mangni card announces that a date has been fixed. Three wordings, from the parents or the couple.
What a mangni card says
The mangni is the engagement: the two families meet, usually a ring is given, and the match is announced. The card is lighter than a nikah card because nothing is being solemnised, but it still opens with the Bismillah and still names the parents, because the point of the evening is the two families. Most mangni cards are sent by the bride's family, who host; some are sent jointly.
Because the wedding date is often not fixed yet, a mangni card does not promise one. It invites you to the engagement, and leaves the rest for later.
Mangni card and nikah card
Families sometimes ask whether one card can do both. It should not. The mangni card is sent to the close circle weeks or months ahead, and its job is to introduce the match; the nikah card goes to everyone, later, with the dates that matter. Sending the two together muddles both. What a mangni card can do is carry the date of the nikah at the foot when it is fixed, so relatives can hold it; the full card still follows.
Wording you can copy
Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Raheem
Janab Salim Siddiqui and Begum Nasreen Siddiqui
invite you to the Mangni of their daughter
Ayesha
with
Imran
son of Janab Rashid Qureshi and Begum Farhana Qureshi
Saturday, the 5th of December 2026
at 7 o'clock in the evening, Inshallah
The Siddiqui residence, Jayanagar, Bangalore
Bismillah
With hearts full of gratitude to Allah,
the Siddiqui and Qureshi families
invite you to celebrate the engagement of
Ayesha and Imran
Saturday, 5 December 2026, 7 pm, Inshallah
The Siddiqui residence, Jayanagar, Bangalore
Bismillah. Ayesha and Imran are engaged, Alhamdulillah. Join us on Saturday 5 December at 7 pm at our home in Jayanagar. Your invitation:
Small things that matter
- Name the hosts. At a mangni the guests are mostly relatives, and relatives want to know whose house they are coming to.
- It is fine for the card to be small: one evening, one venue, one time.
- If the nikah date is already fixed, a single line at the foot, "Nikah, Inshallah, in March", is welcome. If it is not, say nothing.
- Arranged matches often have no photographs of the couple together yet. A card that does not ask for one is a kindness.
The card that fits
Mangni was made for exactly this: an envelope with a wax seal, and a ring that turns as you scroll. No photographs needed.
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