Eid Mubarak · Lantern Chain
Eid Lantern Chain
Hang a glowing fanoos lantern on the string with your name and a short dua, then send it on. Every friend adds a lantern, and the string lights up the night like Eid in the old city.
No account needed. Everything is kept on our server under a short link, signed so names and notes can’t be changed along the way. Anyone with the link can read them.
How the Eid Lantern Chain works
- Type your name and, if you like, a dua or Eid wish. Your lantern lights up on the string.
- Send the link to family, friends or your masjid group.
- Each person hangs a lantern and sends the newer link on, up to 15 lanterns on one string.
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A string of lanterns for Eid
From Cairo to Dubai, Istanbul to Lahore, the nights around Ramadan and Eid are lit by lanterns: the fanoos of Egypt, brass and coloured glass hung across streets, balconies and courtyards. The Eid Lantern Chain is a way to share that glow with the people you would visit if you could. You hang the first lantern with your name and a short dua or Eid wish, send the link, and every friend who opens it adds a lantern of their own.
How it works
- Hang your lantern. Type your name and, if you like, a dua or a wish such as “Eid Mubarak, may Allah accept from us and from you”. Names in Arabic, Urdu, Hindi and any other script are welcome.
- Send the link. Family groups, friends abroad, colleagues or your masjid WhatsApp group. The preview shows the lanterns glowing and how many are already on the string.
- Each person adds a lantern. They see everyone before them, add theirs, and send the newer link on, up to fifteen lanterns on one string. When it is full, anyone can start a new one.
When to use it
- Eid al-Fitr, at the end of Ramadan, as the morning Eid Mubarak message.
- Eid al-Adha, for family who cannot travel home this year.
- The last nights of Ramadan, as a gentle way to share duas.
Paying Zakat al-Fitr before the Eid prayer? The Zakat al-Fitr calculator and the Zakat calculator are free on a2z.tools too.
Save it as a picture
Download image draws the string of lanterns with every name, ready for WhatsApp Status or Instagram. It is drawn in your browser and never uploaded.
Privacy
No account is needed. Names and duas travel inside the link, signed so they cannot be changed, behind a short a2z.tools link. Anyone with the link can read them.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I write my name or dua in Arabic or Urdu?
Yes. Names and duas in any script are shown as you typed them, on the page and in the picture you download.
How many lanterns fit on one string?
Fifteen, including the first. When a string is full, anyone can start a new one with their own lantern.
Is it for Eid al-Fitr or Eid al-Adha?
Both. Many families also share it in the last nights of Ramadan.
What is a fanoos?
The fanoos is the traditional Ramadan lantern of Egypt: a frame of metal around panes of coloured glass with a light inside. Lanterns like it now light up streets across the Muslim world during Ramadan and Eid.
Do you store the names?
The names and duas travel inside the link, signed so they cannot be changed, behind a short a2z.tools link. There is no account and nothing else is collected. Anyone with the link can read them.