Barat card design: Baraat invitation card ideas, format and wording

The Barat (also written Baraat) is the day the groom's procession arrives at the bride's venue, the two families eat together and the evening ends with the Rukhsati. The Baraat card is sent by the bride's family, so its tone, its host line and its design all belong to the bride's side. This guide covers what a barat card says, three formats families use in Pakistan, design ideas from maroon and gold to plain ivory, and wording in Urdu, Roman Urdu and English that you can paste onto a digital wedding card.

Barat card kya hai, aur kaun bhejta hai

• Baraat ka card dulhan ke ghar wale bhejte hain: mezbaan dulhan ke walid, walida ya dada hote hain, aur mehman un ke rishtedar, dost aur biradri.
• Doolha ke ghar wale apne mehmanon ko Walima ka card bhejte hain; Baraat ke liye woh alag card nahi chhapwate, haan doolha ke saath jane wale baraatiyon ko tareekh aur waqt ka message zaroor jata hai.
• Isi liye Baraat card ka mazmoon 'hamari beti ki shadi' ya 'hamari sahibzadi ki taqreeb-e-shadi' se shuru hota hai aur aakhir mein Rukhsati ka zikr aata hai.
• Nikah agar usi din ho to woh bhi Baraat card par aata hai, apne waqt aur masjid ya hall ke naam ke saath.

What goes on a Baraat invitation card

• Opening: بسم اللہ الرحمٰن الرحیم, a short verse, or simply the family name at the top.
• Host line: the bride's father or parents, with the grandfather's name if the elders want it there.
• The names: bride first on a Baraat card ('our daughter [Bride] with [Groom], son of [Name]'), the opposite order from a Walima card.
• Nikah, if it is the same day: the time after a prayer, and the masjid or hall.
• Baraat arrival and dinner: 'Baraat 8:00 PM, dinner 9:00 PM' saves a hundred phone calls.
• Rukhsati: most families write only 'Rukhsati' without a time, since it follows dinner.
• Venue with address, a contact number for RSVP, and the closing: المنتظر or 'Awaiting your presence'.
• On a digital card a map button for the hall, a calendar button and an RSVP tap replace the last two lines.

Three Baraat card formats

• Nikah + Baraat on the same day: one card, Nikah at the top with its time, Baraat and dinner below, Rukhsati last. The most common format in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad today.
• Baraat + Rukhsati only: when the Nikah has already happened or is a small family affair. The card has one function, so give the design room and write the dinner time clearly.
• The full-week card: Mehndi, Nikah, Baraat and Walima on one card, each with its own date and venue. On paper this needs a two-leaf card; on a digital card each function is its own block and each guest sees only the functions ticked for them. See how many functions to list.

Barat card design ideas

• Maroon and gold: the classic Baraat palette. Deep red ground, gold border, ivory text. It reads as formal at once and looks rich on a phone screen.
• Sehra motif: strings of flowers or pearls falling from the top edge, the way a groom's sehra does. Sehra is built around exactly this.
• Floral: red or blush roses on ivory for a softer card; gulab and gold leaves are the usual pairing.
• Royal: a Mughal arch, jaali pattern, emerald or maroon with heavy gold, for a hotel ballroom Baraat. Royal Maroon and Taj Mahal sit here.
• Simple ivory: cream ground, one thin gold rule, large names. Elders like it because the text is big and nothing competes with it.
• Whatever the palette: the names are the largest text on the card, the date second, everything else smaller.

Barat card wording in Urdu

تقریبِ شادی — بسم اللہ الرحمٰن الرحیم۔ محترم و مکرم! اللہ تعالیٰ کے فضل و کرم سے ہماری صاحبزادی [دلہن کا نام] کی شادی [دولہا کا نام] ولد [والد کا نام] کے ساتھ طے پائی ہے۔ اس خوشی کے موقع پر آپ کو تقریبِ بارات میں شرکت کی دعوت دی جاتی ہے۔ بارات: [دن، تاریخ]، [وقت]، [ہال کا نام اور پتہ]۔ عشائیہ: [وقت]۔ رخصتی عشائیے کے بعد۔ المنتظر: [والد کا نام] و اہلِ خانہ

Complete Urdu cards, including a Nikah + Baraat card and an all-functions programme, are in شادی کارڈ کا نمونہ and شادی کارڈ کا مضمون. Eight Baraat messages for the card and for WhatsApp are in barat invitation message in Urdu.

Roman Urdu and English

Roman Urdu: Taqreeb-e-Shadi. Allah ke fazl-o-karam se hamari beti [Dulhan] ki shadi [Doolha] walad [Naam] ke saath tay payi hai. Is khushi ke mauqe par aap ko Baraat mein shirkat ki dawat di jati hai. Baraat [din, tareekh] ko [waqt] baje, [hall ka naam]. Rukhsati khane ke baad. Al-Muntazir: [Naam] aur ahl-e-khana.

English: Mr. and Mrs. [Name] request the pleasure of your company at the Baraat of their daughter [Bride] with [Groom], son of Mr. and Mrs. [Name], on [Day, Date] at [Time], [Venue]. Dinner at [Time], followed by the Rukhsati. Awaiting your presence: [Family name]. Ten English cards written line by line are in shadi card matter in English.

The WhatsApp line that goes with the card

Assalam o Alaikum! Hamari beti [Dulhan] ki Baraat [din, tareekh] ko hai. Card, waqt aur hall ka map is link par hai: [link]. Aap sab ka intezar rahega. – [Naam] aur ghar wale. Keep it to three lines and let the card carry the rest; the habits that work are in sending your invitation on WhatsApp.

Designs that suit a Baraat card

• Sehra: the groom's arrival, flowers falling from the top; try it with your names.
• Royal Maroon: maroon and gold, built for a ballroom Baraat; try it free.
• Naqsh: pressed paper and deep red blooms, a quieter red.
• Taj Mahal: four short films under one arch, with its own Baraat clip, at the same Rs. 1,999 as every design.
• Every other design is in the collection. A card is Rs. 1,999 paid once, with Urdu and English on the same card.

Aam sawalat

• Barat ya Baraat, kaun si spelling sahi hai? Dono chalti hain; Urdu mein بارات ek hi lafz hai. Card par jo likhein, poore card mein wahi rakhein.
• Kya Baraat card par doolha ke walid ka naam aata hai? Haan, doolha ke naam ke saath 'walad [naam]' likha jata hai; mezbaan phir bhi dulhan ke ghar wale hi hote hain.
• Rukhsati card alag hota hai? Nahi, Rukhsati Baraat card ki aakhri line hoti hai. Alag 'rukhsati card' sirf tab banta hai jab Nikah pehle ho chuka ho aur Rukhsati mahino baad ho; woh asal mein Baraat + Rukhsati ka card hai.
• Baraat ke mehman 400 hain, printed card ka kharcha? Ek digital card ek qeemat par sab ko jata hai; poora hisaab what a digital invitation costs mein hai.
• Doolha ke dost aur office walon ko sirf Walima bulana hai? Un ke private link mein sirf Walima tick karein; Baraat un ke card par nazar hi nahi aayegi.

Start with the design, then paste the wording: open Sehra or Royal Maroon, put in your names and the Baraat date, and see the card on your own phone before you pay. Prices for the card and the guest-link packs are on pricing. The Walima side of the week is in walima invitation message and the Nikah side in nikah card design.