Only those people fail, who accept failure.
Use ALL circumstances to work for your dream and purpose in life.
The wife of Imran AS vowed to give a son dedicated to Allah SWT, and Allah the One who creates and fashions, made it to be a girl, Maryam AS; With His hikmah. Still, Hannah continued to seek the pleasure of Allah USING what circumstance she was put thru.
Sometimes we make plans; and our plans don’t go accordingly and we think perhaps Allah didn’t accept from us. But as long as we seek His pleasure purely, His acceptance is in the ways He paved for us. And our Iman is to take that path and strive for what we planned in the first place :’)
[Mention, O Muḥammad], when the wife of ʿImrān said, “My Lord, indeed I have pledged to You what is in my womb, consecrated [for Your service], so accept this from me. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing.”
But when she delivered her, she said, “My Lord, I have delivered a female.” And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, and the male is not like the female. “And I have named her Mary, and I seek refuge for her in You and [for] her descendants from Satan, the expelled [from the mercy of Allah].”
So her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah. Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer chamber, he found with her provision. He said, “O Mary, from where is this [coming] to you?” She said, “It is from Allah. Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wills without account.”
[Surah Ali Emran, Verses 35 to 37]
Sameera Hameed 