It goes by many names: Kismet. Adrsta. Predestination. Determinism. Destiny. "God's will."
The ancient Greeks dubbed it "Moirae" and gave it personality -- Fate. Or, rather, "The Fates," three female supernatural beings who spun, pulled and cut the literal threads of life that controlled when a person was born, what they did with their life and when and how they
died.
