Before explaining, "What failure teaches us?" I would like to write a few words about the result of human efforts. Failure and success are a massive part of life. Any human effort is not free out of three results. I can interpret it as a success, half-success (40%, 50%, 60%...) or a failure.
Success: Being successful means that the expectations have come to the mark & were outshined. It means that a person has achieved his destination.
Half success: Sometimes a person does not achieve the success, but still half of the work is done, no harm in this, this is also not a total failure. He should take it positively, as half a loaf is better than none, or something is better than nothing.
Failure: Sometimes a person fails and achieves nothing. But he must not disappoint. Still, he has gained something.
First of all, try to understand what failure is? Do great personalities ever fail? What would their failure be called? To me, giving up is a failure. Other than that, failure is nothing. All that sounds failure looks like a modification of behaviour or change, for me either change of method, way or pattern.
Every effort of the great people is not ever crowned with success. And neither the greatness of a man is confined in the success. They also face failure. Greatness and success is a result of consistency, struggle, confidence, and the way he handles the obstacles in case of failure.
In simple words "Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time and rising up as early as possible."
All the great men failed, and they failed often. Think of Thomas Edison. How many times did he fail to find the right filament for his light bulb? He faced failure about 300 times but never left the struggle. He said: "Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently." Due to his consistency and hard work he registered 1300 inventions under his belt in his life.
If anyone fails after a lot of hard work he should not be dis-hearted. Every good action is not fruitful in term of success in this worldly & temporarily life.
And even after a great hard work, enthusiasm, making good policy and executing it sincerely in the best manner, ones fail he should not be disappointed as this world is testing place, the reality is this Allah Almighty does not waste the good deed of good people. As the Holy Quran Says: Surely Allah wastes not the rewards of Muhsineen. (At-Taubah: 120)
Holy Prophet said:
How wonderful is the case of a believer, there is good for him in everything and this applies only to a believer. If prosperity gratitude to Allah and that may be good for him and if adversity befalls him he endures it patiently and that is better for him. (Sahih Muslim: Hadith No. 2999, pg 1144, Dar ul Kutub al Ilmiya, Bairoot)
In short, Failure is often a better teacher in life than success. Because we learn from our mistakes and hope we won't have to go through them again. As quoted in Hadith:
A believer is not to be stung twice (by something) out of the same hole."(Sahih Bukhari: Hadith No.6133, pg 1124, Dar ul Kutub al Ilmiya, Bairoot)
Secondly, he comes to know this is a wrong way; he has to adopt another way by which he can achieve his task.
Thirdly, he is adorned with attributes of patience, courage, and hard work.
Conclusion:
Keep going until you shine,
Failures before that moment is totally fine,
The times you fail, it can turn you down,
The times you keep going, it's the opposite of a frown,
You'll reach success if you wait a bit,
To get there, there's no reason to quit.
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