Audio 18 (PL2)

The qibla, the command to face the Sacred Mosque in Mecca during the contact prayer, is studied through verses 2:144 to 2:152, with a globe showing the true direction from Tucson, slightly south of east, against the northeast direction promoted by the MSA. Steadfastness under God's tests follows, with the point that happiness comes as a side effect of conviction, not as the objective.