KISMET • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Kismet

... I've said and said again, 'Tis Fate (Kismet), and, should it frown, We Faithful have to take it lying down— And yet, by Allah, ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, January 10, 1917 • Various

... mirror reflecting all the horrors, the shams, the vices of the poor scarred world. To retire to Hatton in the companionship of Yvonne would be delightful, but would also be desertion. No idle chance brought us together to-day, Don; it was that Kismet to which the Arab ascribes every act of life. I was hesitating on a brink; you pushed me over; and at this very hour I am falling into the arms of Fate. I believe it is my appointed task to sow the seed of truth; ...

— The Orchard of Tears • Sax Rohmer