«فَاغْتَرَّ أَبِي بِزَخْرَفَةِ مُحَالِهِ وَزَوَّجَنِيهِ قَبْلَ اخْتِبَارِ حَالِهِ»
My father was taken in by his embellished claims and married me to him without examining his circumstances.
The ornamental term zakhrafa is pejorative in the woman's account: dazzling speech has allegedly obscured falsehood. The temporal phrase “before investigating his condition” explains the claimed procedural mistake.
Yet this is her allegation at a hearing. Translators should not silently convert it into a judicial finding. Later testimony complicates the account; the speaker's perspective must remain visible in any accurate rendering.
Translation exercise
Translate the wife’s complaint without recasting it as a verdict; retain the timing marked by qabl.