they said the arabs after this are of two types adnan and qahtan. as for the qahtanis our lineage to the caliphs is closer than their lineage and we are closer to them in blood ties because the caliph is from the descendants of ishmael son of abraham without qahtan and eber. and abraham peace be upon him had ishmael and his mother was hagar who was a copt. and isaac and his mother was a syriac. and the remaining six their mother was qatura bint muftun an arab from the pure arabs.
قالوا والعرب بعد هذا صنفان عدنان وقحطان. فأما القحطاني فنسبتنا إلى الخلفاء أقرب من نسبتهم، ونحن أمس بهم رحما؛ لأن الخليفة من ولد إسماعيل بن ابراهيم، دون قحطان وعابر. وولد إبراهيم عليه السلام إسماعيل، وأمه هاجر، وهي قبطية. وإسحاق وأمه سريانية. والستة الباقون أمهم قطورا بنت مفطون عربية، من العرب العاربة.