According to one reference work, the figurative heart stands for “the central part in general, the inside, and so for the interior man as manifesting himself in all his various activities, in his desires, affections, emotions, passions, purposes, his thoughts, perceptions, imaginations, his wisdom, knowledge, skill, his beliefs and his reasonings, his memory and his consciousness. ”
يقول احد المراجع ان القلب المجازي يمثِّل « الجزء المركزي عموما ،‏ الداخل ،‏ وهكذا يمثِّل الانسانَ الداخلي كما يتجلى في كل نشاطاته المختلفة ،‏ في رغباته ،‏ عواطفه ،‏ انفعالاته ،‏ شهواته ،‏ مقاصده ،‏ في افكاره ،‏ ادراكاته ،‏ تخيُّلاته ،‏ في حكمته ،‏ معرفته ،‏ مهارته ،‏ في معتقداته وعملياته التفكيرية ،‏ في ذاكرته ووعيه » .‏