U see in islam, its believed that life is a test.... we are created to worship Allaah alone... that's the purpose of life...... Of course we have free wills, so everyone have the right to believe any God they want, that is for mankind and Jinn... as Allaah said in the Qur'an "I did not create Jinn and mankind except for them to worship me alone"..... Now let's get to the point...
Workshipping Allaah isn't just about praying, making duas etc, it is also accepting the Qadr whether it's good and bad... if it's good.. we get very excited but if it's bad some of us get very upset.... forgetting that it might be a test... maybe if u pass that, u will get way better than you are hoping for...
I just finished my GCSE exams, I came here in 2013. I started school from year 6... before I came here I can't write or read because the education system in the part of the country where I was, was very poor. So, I'm stay learning.... for my GCSE, I revised just a little and I asked Allaah "if it's good for me in this life and the Hereafter, may he help me remember what I revised". Why? As someone who believe in God and knows that anything is possible for him, I believe that i and u could revise and revise buy still not pass.... because anything is possible to God... and He (God) might see how hard u worked, so He makes u fail just to test u or maybe you forgot about Him when u were revising.... so he makes u fail because of one or another...
I revised a little, but I asked for Allaah's help when I was revising and when I prayed..... and when I was entering the hall where we did our exams, I was asking for His help, say "Oh Allaah, help me and my muslim sisters and brothers with our exams if it's good for us in this life and the Hereafter" before I opened all of my exam papers I said something like that..... I ended up passing all of my 9 GCSE exams when my target grade was 2. And my parents and I didn't believe that I will pass especially for english but I did.... I really feel that it was my prayers that had been answered.... my grades aren't perfect but my target grade was grade 2 and I think it was only my teachers who actually believed that I will pass... Of course I knew anything is possible to Allaah that's why I never stopped asking for His help.... now.... I'm studying health and social care and I'm at the high group....
If you failed don't give up just see it as a test... i know it's hard to not feel upset.... I remember during Results day 2019, when I got my results in an envelope... I was afraid to open it... it was then when my english teacher came to me ..... she told me to open it.... I was afraid to disappoint her or any of my other teachers because they tried very hard... so I started to cry... although my english teacher was impressed... but I didn't see that as I was afraid... when I open it... then I felt better.... although I feel at that point I was grade hungry.... Have u ever felt that u just want to pass, and when you pass u wish that u got at least 1 grade higher than what u got?? That how I feel...
Thanks guys... I'm sorry for any error... I'm lazy to check it... so please forgive me...