Urooj Khan was a businessman who lived in Chicago. Khan was originally from Hyderabad, India. He immigrated to the United States in 1989, setting up a few dry-cleaning businesses and getting involved in real estate. He seemed to be living the “American Dream.”
But, as with so many other people, it seems the “American Dream” led Khan to violate his religious convictions. He was a Muslim and, after making his required-once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca two years ago, he swore not to gamble. However, the quick route to the “American Dream” – gambling – played its siren call and Khan bought a lottery ticket. He won.
According to the news report (foxnews.com), Khan said he jumped “two feet in the air” when he learned he had won. He intended to use the $450,000 winnings to expand his business, donate to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, and pay off his mortgages. Then another quirk of the American “system” stepped in. Khan was murdered, poisoned by cyanide.
Our family enjoys playing the board game Clue and the “Khan Saga” sounds a lot like Clue. Or a soap opera. Family members came out of the woodworks looking for a piece of the pie. Now it will be up to the Chicago police to determine who did it.
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Paul would not have thought money was “everything”. “Whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith” (Philippians 3:7-9).
Faith in Christ reminds us that God will provide for us. We don’t need to lose our shirt (or our lives) over playing the lottery, trying to get rich quick. The Hebrew writer said, “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?'” (Hebrews 13:5-6).
–Paul Holland
