Investigating the role of educational allegories of the Holy Quran in representing a conceptual network of structure and capacity of the concept of heart based on Al-Mizan interpretation

Quranic allegory is one of the explanatory methods of this holy book. So far, researchers have extracted various dimensions of this explanatory method by addressing the fine literary and rhetorical points, the method of conveying concepts, aesthetic and phenomenological aspects and their educational manifestations. However, in a holistic context, a significant "connection" can be achieved between these allegories, so that this connection will develop the meanings of each allegory in the communication network. The present study aimed to achieve a conceptual network in such allegories based on the representation of Quranic allegories under the concept of "heart". To examine the changes in the representation of these allegories, the method of semiotic analysis, which is mostly used as an approach to textual analysis, has been used; A feature of this method is attention to structural analysis. This type of analysis involves identifying the components of a semiotic system, such as a text, and determining the structural relationships between them. In the present study, it was found that the studied allegories in changing their representation show signs of growth and expansion of the heart, in different dimensions and at different levels, in two parts, positive and negative, with schemas of consolidation, coherence, structure, encirclement and basis, as they have represented a contrast in different images. As another group of Qur'anic allegories has used various variations in the representation of the capacity feature to explain the concept of heart.