Condolence messages in Urdu: 12 taziyat messages and duas, with Roman Urdu
By the Sitey team · · 8 min read
Twelve condolence (taziyat) messages in Urdu, each with its Roman Urdu spelling: for a friend who lost their father or mother, a colleague, your boss, an aunt who lost her husband, parents who lost a child, for when you could not reach the janaza, and one to check in a few days later, plus short duas. Below them: what the Quran and the Prophet ﷺ teach us to say, and a few things that help a grieving family more than words.
Tip: press and hold a message to copy it. For a woman who has passed away, write «marhooma» (مرحومہ) instead of «marhoom». If a woman sends the janaza message, «pohanch saka» becomes «pohanch saki» and «aaun ga» becomes «aaun gi».
Condolence messages and duas, by who you are writing to
For a friend who lost their father
آپ کے والد صاحب کے انتقال کی خبر سن کر بہت دکھ ہوا۔ اللہ ان کی مغفرت فرمائے اور آپ کو اور گھر والوں کو صبر دے۔ میں آپ کے ساتھ ہوں۔
Aap ke walid sahab ke intiqal ki khabar sun kar bohat dukh hua. Allah un ki maghfirat farmaye aur aap ko aur ghar walon ko sabr de. Main aap ke saath hoon.
I was so sorry to hear of your father's passing. May Allah forgive him and give you and your family patience. I am with you.
For a friend who lost their mother
آپ کی والدہ کے انتقال کا سن کر دل بہت اداس ہے۔ ماں کا سایہ اٹھ جانا بہت بڑا صدمہ ہے۔ اللہ انہیں جنت الفردوس میں جگہ دے۔ آمین۔
Aap ki walida ke intiqal ka sun kar dil bohat udaas hai. Maa ka saaya uth jana bohat bara sadma hai. Allah unhein Jannat ul Firdaus mein jagah de. Ameen.
My heart is heavy hearing of your mother's passing. Losing a mother's shade is a huge loss. May Allah give her a place in Jannat al-Firdaus. Ameen.
For a close friend, short
یار، بہت افسوس ہوا۔ کسی بھی چیز کی ضرورت ہو تو بس ایک کال کر دینا۔ اللہ تمہیں ہمت دے۔
Yaar, bohat afsos hua. Kisi bhi cheez ki zaroorat ho to bas aik call kar dena. Allah tumhein himmat de.
So sorry, my friend. If you need anything at all, just call. May Allah give you strength.
For a colleague
آپ کے عزیز کے انتقال پر دلی تعزیت قبول کیجیے۔ اللہ مرحوم کی مغفرت فرمائے اور آپ کو صبر جمیل عطا کرے۔
Aap ke aziz ke intiqal par dili taziyat qabool kijiye. Allah marhoom ki maghfirat farmaye aur aap ko sabr-e-jameel ata kare.
Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the loss of your loved one. May Allah forgive the departed and grant you beautiful patience.
For your boss, from the office
محترم، آپ کے گھر ہونے والے سانحے کا سن کر نہایت افسوس ہوا۔ ہم سب دفتر والے آپ کے غم میں برابر کے شریک ہیں۔ اللہ مرحوم کے درجات بلند فرمائے۔
Mohtaram, aap ke ghar hone wale saaneh ka sun kar nihayat afsos hua. Hum sab daftar wale aap ke gham mein barabar ke shareek hain. Allah marhoom ke darajat buland farmaye.
Respected sir, we were deeply saddened to hear of your loss. All of us at the office share your grief. May Allah raise the ranks of the departed.
For an aunt who lost her husband
پھپھو جان، پھوپھا جان کے جانے کا بہت دکھ ہے۔ وہ ہم سب کا بہت خیال رکھتے تھے۔ اللہ ان کی قبر کو نور سے بھر دے اور آپ کو صبر دے۔
Phuppo jaan, Phupha jaan ke jaane ka bohat dukh hai. Woh hum sab ka bohat khayal rakhte thay. Allah un ki qabr ko noor se bhar de aur aap ko sabr de.
Phuppo, we are so sad that Phupha jaan is gone. He cared for all of us so much. May Allah fill his grave with light and give you patience.
For parents who lost a child
اس دکھ کے لیے کوئی الفاظ نہیں۔ اللہ آپ کے ننھے فرشتے کو جنت میں رکھے اور آپ دونوں کے دلوں کو سکون دے۔
Is dukh ke liye koi alfaz nahin. Allah aap ke nanhe farishte ko jannat mein rakhe aur aap dono ke dilon ko sukoon de.
There are no words for this pain. May Allah keep your little angel in Jannah and bring peace to both your hearts.
When you could not reach the janaza
معذرت کہ میں جنازے میں نہیں پہنچ سکا۔ دل آپ کے ساتھ ہے اور آپ سب دعاؤں میں ہیں۔ جلد ملنے آؤں گا، ان شاء اللہ۔
Maazrat ke main janaze mein nahin pohanch saka. Dil aap ke saath hai aur aap sab duaon mein hain. Jald milne aaun ga, InshaAllah.
I'm sorry I couldn't reach the janaza. My heart is with you and you are all in my prayers. I will come to see you soon, InshaAllah.
A few days later, to check in
بس یہ پوچھنا تھا کہ آپ کیسے ہیں۔ جواب کی ضرورت نہیں، بس اتنا جان لیں کہ ہم آپ کو یاد کر رہے ہیں اور دعا کر رہے ہیں۔
Bas yeh poochna tha ke aap kaise hain. Jawab ki zaroorat nahin, bas itna jaan lein ke hum aap ko yaad kar rahe hain aur dua kar rahe hain.
Just wanted to ask how you are. No need to reply; just know we are thinking of you and praying for you.
Short, with Inna lillahi
انا للہ وانا الیہ راجعون۔ اللہ مرحوم کی مغفرت فرمائے اور گھر والوں کو صبر دے۔
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. Allah marhoom ki maghfirat farmaye aur ghar walon ko sabr de.
Indeed we belong to Allah, and to Him we return. May Allah forgive the departed and give the family patience.
A short dua
اللہ مرحوم کے درجات بلند فرمائے اور ان کی قبر کو جنت کا باغ بنائے۔ آمین۔
Allah marhoom ke darajat buland farmaye aur un ki qabr ko jannat ka bagh banaye. Ameen.
May Allah raise the ranks of the departed and make their grave a garden of Paradise. Ameen.
A short dua
دلی تعزیت۔ اللہ آپ کو اور آپ کے گھر والوں کو یہ صدمہ سہنے کی ہمت دے۔
Dili taziyat. Allah aap ko aur aap ke ghar walon ko yeh sadma sehne ki himmat de.
Heartfelt condolences. May Allah give you and your family the strength to bear this loss.
What the Quran and the Sunnah teach us to say
- Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. The Quran describes the patient as those who, when a disaster strikes them, say: “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return” (Surah al-Baqarah 2:156).
- Whatever Allah takes is His. When the Prophet's ﷺ daughter sent for him as her child was dying, he sent her his salaam and these words: whatever Allah takes is His, whatever He gives is His, and everything with Him has a fixed term, so she should be patient and hope for Allah's reward (Sahih al-Bukhari 1284). In the same hadith he wept, and called his tears a mercy Allah puts in the hearts of His servants: grief is not a lack of faith.
A few things that help more than words
- Send it to them, not to the big group. A short private message reads as yours; a line in a busy group gets lost between the other replies.
- Keep it short and say their name, or the name of the one who passed. Skip forwarded pictures and poems.
- Don't ask how it happened. If they want to tell you, they will.
- Offer one real thing: food for the family, picking relatives up from the station, keeping the children for an afternoon. “Let me know if you need anything” is kind; a specific offer is easier to accept.
- Write again a week later. The calls stop after the first days; a short message then means a lot.
When you can't find the words
The Sitey app's wishes writer has a Condolence example. Say who it is for (“my friend whose father passed away”) and it writes five gentle messages in Urdu, Roman Urdu or English, short ones and ones with a dua. Read it before you send: in the result below, maghfirat is spelled three different ways, and AI can get a name or a detail wrong. Better still, change a line into your own words.
- Open Sitey and type message in the search box at the top of the home screen. Tap Wishes & messages.
- Tap the example Condolence, or write who it is for.
- Choose Urdu, Roman Urdu or English, then tap Write messages.
No app? The wishes writer on the website is free to try (the Sitey app gives 15 a day), and there is a ready condolence prompt for ChatGPT or Gemini.
