god made the master who was a nonarab an arab through his loyalty just as he made the ally of the quraysh from the arabs a qurayshite through his alliance and made ishmael who was a nonarab an arab. had it not been for the prophets saying may god bless him and grant him peace that ishmael was an arab he would have been nothing but a nonarab to us because a nonarab cannot become an arab just as an arab cannot become a nonarab.
وقد جعل الله المولى بعد أن كان عجميا عربيا بولائه، كما جعل حليف قريش من العرب قرشيا بحلفه، وجعل إسماعيل، بعد أن كان أعجميا، عربيا. ولولا قول النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إن إسماعيل كان عربيا ما كان عندنا إلا أعجميا؛ لأن الأعجم لا يصير عربيا، كما أن العربي لا يصير أعجميا.