Once upon a time, 'Imran Ibn Haththan was with his wife.  Imran was an ugly man.  He looked dirty and his face was pimpled.  He's short, not tall at all.  Meanwhile, his wife was a woman with a beautiful face.  Everytime he looked at his wife, it seemed that, in his eyes, his wife was getting more and more beautiful.  He couldn't stop himself from staring at his wife's face. 

So, his wife asked, "What's wrong with you?" 

Imran replied, "Praise be to Allah. Indeed, by Allah, you look even more beautiful." 

His wife replied, "Be happy. Verily, I and you will be in the heaven." 

Imran said, "How do you know that?" 

His wife replied, "Because you have been blessed with someone like me and you are grateful. And I was given a trial with someone like you and I am patient. The one who is patient and the one who is grateful will be in the heaven."

Translated from "101 Kisah Teladan"  written by  Muhammad Amin al-Jundi, Indonesian translation by Safrudin Edi Wibowo, Lc