Reception of Irfan Ideas in Russian Literature

This article systematically investigates the reception and creative assimilation of irfan Sufi mysticism and gnosis within Russian literary discourse, framing it as a crucial dimension of cross-cultural and interliterary synthesis between Eastern and Western philosophical traditions. The study provides an in-depth analysis of how Sufi metaphysics, ethical-spiritual doctrines, and symbolic topoi—such as the metaphor of divine love, the mystical path tariqa, and esoteric enlightenment—were perceived, interpreted, and poetically re-imagined across various historical periods of Russian literature. By examining the structural and thematic parallels between classical Sufi poetry and Russian literary classics, the paper elucidates the mechanisms through which Eastern mystical paradigms were integrated into nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian poetic consciousness, ultimately revealing how the synthesis of Eastern gnosis enriched the spiritual, philosophical, and aesthetic horizons of Russian verbal art.