A na't is a poem praising and expressing devotion to the Prophet Mohammed. The na't has served as a vessel for classic poetic forms and musical structures, as in the great na't of the Ottoman composer Itri, which figures prominently in the whirling ceremony of the Mevlevi Dervishes. The na't may also assume a more modest musical and prosodic form, in which it serves as a personal devotional prayer, as illustrated in the present recording.