فَاغْتَرَّ أَبِي بِزَخْرَفَةِ مُحَالِهِ وَزَوَّجَنِيهِ قَبْلَ اخْتِبَارِ حَالِهِ
My father was deceived by the glitter of his false-sounding promises and married me to him before checking his situation.
Zakhrafah refers to ornament or embellishment; ikhtibār al-ḥāl means examining a person’s actual circumstances. The complaint turns on the contrast between attractive words and verified reality.
This is still the woman’s allegation, not yet the court’s settled finding.
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The Alexandrian Maqāmah — A Traveler’s Ambition and a Complaint before the Judge
فَاغْتَرَّ أَبِي بِزَخْرَفَةِ مُحَالِهِ وَزَوَّجَنِيهِ قَبْلَ اخْتِبَارِ حَالِهِ
My father was deceived by the glitter of his false-sounding promises and married me to him before checking his situation.
Zakhrafah refers to ornament or embellishment; ikhtibār al-ḥāl means examining a person’s actual circumstances. The complaint turns on the contrast between attractive words and verified reality.
This is still the woman’s allegation, not yet the court’s settled finding.