Meaning "place and time of birth," the word "mawlid" is used in the Islamic world to express the honored welcoming of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) to this world.

Muslim poets competed with one another to make literary works regarding the Prophet, whom Allah sent as a mercy to the worlds

Nuri Ozcan, PhD

Turkish music is divided into two categories, vocal or instrumental. Vocal music is further divided into a) religious music and b) non-religious music. The development of the musical form in the Islamic world belongs more to the Ottomans than any other state. Created on the themes of Allah and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) within the framework of the Sufi understanding, religious music is comprised of mosque music, which is vocal music that is usually extemporaneous and precedes or follows worship, and Sufi music, which consists of religious works sometimes accompanied by instruments, with the words being chanted or sung in gatherings formed around a particular Sufi line of understanding.