Audio 28 (PL2)

Hardship as a mandatory test and a cleansing process, with God's promises in 24:55 and 65:2 to 4 and trust in God as the only true insurance. The study of Sura 2 continues with charity going first to parents and relatives, fighting permitted only in defense of the freedom to worship God, preparing a deterring force, oppression being worse than murder, and the evils of intoxicants and gambling outweighing their benefits.