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Condolence Card and Notice Templates

Say it with restraint. Quiet colours and measured Arabic type for a condolence card or a notice, with ready wording you can adjust.

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Condolence Cards

What makes a condolence card appropriate?
Less of everything. Quiet colour, sober type and empty space are what suit the occasion, and added ornament takes the card out of its register. These templates are built on that principle rather than decorated down to it.

What can you design?

  • Condolence cards for family and friends

  • Posts and stories to share

  • Backgrounds carrying inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un

  • Formal death notices in a respectful style

  • Profile pictures and covers for mourning

Is there ready wording?
Yes. Words of condolence and a dua for the deceased come with the templates, and you can replace them with your own. Add the name, and include a photograph only if the family would want one.

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What should I write in a short condolence message?
Keep it brief and specific, because a short line reads as more sincere than an elaborate one. The most used Muslim wording asks Allah to magnify the family's reward, to grant them a good consolation and to forgive the deceased, usually closed with a dua for the one who died. Andalusi's condolence templates carry these wordings set in restrained Arabic calligraphy.
How does a formal condolence differ from a personal one?
A formal note to a workplace or an institution stays brief and limited to sympathy and prayer. A personal message names the person who died and your relation to them, a mother, a father or a close friend, and can run a little longer. Andalusi covers both, an official card carrying the organisation name and a personal one for the family.
What is the etiquette for sending condolences online?
Keep it short, stay with sympathy and prayer rather than details of the death, and respect the family's privacy. A brief, specific line reads as more genuine than a long one, and a public post is best followed by a private message. In Andalusi you can build a sympathy card in muted colours and a restrained script for either.
Is it appropriate to put the deceased's photograph on a condolence card?
In Saudi and Gulf custom most cards carry only the name and the prayer, out of respect for the family's privacy, and a photograph is normally used at the family's own request. Andalusi's templates work either way, a text design with the name and date or a layout that holds a photograph in a quiet frame.