ILAHI (HYMN):

Ilahi is a poem in Islamic/Turkish literature with religious/Sufi content that expresses love of Allah and the Prophet and has been composed with a Turkish musical mode and style. Separated into dervish lodge and mosque hymns, these works are used at the lodges during dhikr and in mosques during various kinds of worship or in different religious gatherings. Formerly there were hymns composed for each month of the hijri calendar. It was a widespread custom for hymns describing the various special qualities of the Prophet to be sung along with tevsi and na’t during the mevlid months of Rebi’al-awwal and Rebi’al-akir.

Also, many of the chants in Arabic composed in Turkish musical modes recited during dhikr at the dervish lodges and chants made from minarets during the month of Ramadan have the Prophet as their topic.