In the seventies and eighties, there was so much talk about his fame and wealth that princesses and princes considered it an honour to have a cup of coffee with him.
He was vacationing at his spacious farm house in Kenya. His young daughter wanted ice cream and chocolate. He sent a Boeing 747 with the crew to Paris, where after buying ice cream, he brought chocolate from Geneva on the same day. The ship returned to Kenya. Its cost per day was one million dollars.
He had luxury palaces in the 12 most expensive cities in the world, including London, Paris, New York, and Sydney.
He was fond of Arabian horses and had special stables in many countries around the world.
When he paid $875 million to divorce his American wife, it is still considered the most expensive divorce in history.
The yacht that he owned was the largest yacht of his time, which even the kings did not have at that time.
The 4 helicopters were always ready on this yacht while there were 610 people on board and crew. That yacht was later bought from him by the Sultan of Brunei and reached Donald Trump through him. Trump bought it for 29 million dollars.
Many famous Hollywood films, including the James Bond series of films, were shot on his yacht.
On his fiftieth birthday, he threw the world's most expensive party on the coast of Spain, in which 400 famous people from around the world partied for five days.
American President Richard Nixon's daughter sacrificed a gold necklace worth 60,000 pounds for a smile.
He was a big merchant of goods. He used to make arms deals and contracts between countries. Between Saudi Arabia and Great Britain, he made 20 billion dollars worth of contracts.
Alcohol and youth were his weaknesses. He had 4 legitimate and 8 illegitimate wives in his marriage.
He was very allergic to caring for orphans, caring for widows, helping the poor, and humanitarian work during floods and earthquakes. not assigned.
In the eighties, he was the owner of assets worth 40 billion dollars.
Then slowly, Allah Ta'ala pulled his rope. Now his journey towards decline and degradation began. His diamonds worth billions of dollars were drowned in the sea. Loss after loss started in business. Debt after debt increased. His assets were sold, his friends and lovers turned away from him. He went into a long period of obscurity. No one knew where.
Then one day, it was found by a Saudi businessman in London. His condition had changed. He said to this businessman that he wanted to go back to his homeland but not the fare. This Saudi businessman bought an economy class ticket and gave it to him and said this sentence.
O Adnan! Allah Ta'ala has ordered us to spend wealth and charity on the poor and needy. This ticket is also a charity.
This scruffy person of his era reached Jeddah by sitting in a plane with ordinary passengers on a charity ticket.
The name of this Arab trader was Adnan Khashoggi. He was of Turkish origin. He was born in Makkah. His father was a royal physician. This person was the uncle of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in Turkey. He died in 2017.
When I studied the life of this person, believe me, I was shaken and my faith in the justice of Allah became stronger. No matter how powerful you are, no matter how rich you are, you are very weak before Allah. Never use your wealth and power for rebellion.
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