It records that the Christians in Egypt were becoming increasingly Arabized in culture and customs.
It claims to be the transcript of the monk Apollo of the words of the monastery's founder, Samuel the Confessor.
[3] The adoption of Arabic was also seen as encouraging Copts to imitate Muslim ways and to abandon their traditional practices, such as Christians taking several wives or concubines, and adopting the eating and drinking habits of Muslims this neglecting the Christian periods of fast.
They will also do something else, which if I were to tell you of it, would greatly pain your hearts: they will abandon the beautiful Coptic language, in which the Holy Spirit has often spoken through the mouths of our spiritual fathers; they will teach their children from an early age to speak the language of the Bedouin, and will take pride in it.
They will forget many martyrs at that time because their biographies will fall into disuse and there will be none left.