It is historically established that Arabs came from the lineage of Ishmael, Ishmael is the grandfather of all the Arabs including the Prophet Muhammad.  

In Genesis (21-17:18)  God says 

" And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.  Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. "

Also in Genesis (21:13),  God addressed Abraham saying

" And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. "  (21:13)

Prophet Muhammad, started his call among Pagan Arabs who adherently   worshipped idols, when the Prophet migrated from Baca to Madina, the number of the Muslims were so few and they were weak and helpless, within just twenty three years the prophet, by the grace of God, has made this handful companions a great nation; by his death the whole of the Arab Peninsula converted to Islam, the number of Muslims has been increasing ever since and Islam, according to Non-Muslim analysts, is the fastest growing religion as the prophecy states.

The greatness of this nation is not only crystal clear in its swelling number but also in adhering to the ethics and morals that Islam imposes, no other nation is adhering to morals and the laws of its religion as the Muslim nation does.

A reference to Zamzam water in Baca in the Holy Book

Zamzam is a famous well from which water has been flowing since the days of Ishmael.  Islamic history states that Zamzam well was revealed to Hagar (Hājar), the second wife of Abraham[2] and mother of Ishmael around the year 2000 BC.[3] According to Islamic tradition, she was desperately seeking water for her infant son, but she could not find any , as Mecca is located in a hot dry valley with few sources of water. Muslim traditions say that Hagar ran seven times back and forth in the scorching heat between the two hills of Safa and Marwah, looking for water. Getting thirstier by the second, her son, Ismael scraped the land with his feet, where suddenly water sprang out. There are other versions of the story involving God sending his angel, Gabriel , who kicked the ground with his heel and the water rose.

The name of the well comes from the phrase Zomë Zomë, meaning 'stop', a command repeated by Hagar during her attempt to contain the spring water

According to Islamic tradition, Abraham rebuilt the Bait-ul-Allah ("House of God", cognate of the Hebrew-derived place name Bethel) near the site of the well, a building which had been originally constructed by Adam and today is called the Kaaba, a building toward which all Muslims around the world face in prayer, five times each day. The Zamzam well is located approximately 20 m (66 ft) east of the Kaaba

In Genesis ( 21: 19,20,21 ) , The  Holy Book says

" And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.  And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran…"
 

   The word " Paran " is a Hebraic  word that was arabicized into "Faran" . It is one of Meca's names. The above-mentioned text –as you see -  is talking about Zamzem well( a famous and never –dried well) , from which Hager gave her son a drink and it is still there where pilgrims drink from,  in addition , it talks about the wilderness of Paran , where Ishmael dwelled . Paran, as implied in many places in the Holy Book, is Mecca( also Baca). The Holy Quran gives a special mention to the story of Ishmael, The Holy Quran says:

"O our Lord! I have made some of my offspring to dwell in a valley without cultivation, by Thy Sacred House; in order, O our Lord, that they may establish regular Prayer: so fill the hearts of some among men with love towards them, and feed them with fruits: so that they may give thanks" (Abraham : 37).  

 Also the text stated that Ishmael was an archer, and that is in conformity with the Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad which says:

"The prophet once passed  by a number of people from the tribe of Aslam, while they were shooting with bows and arrows  , He said " Good , go on doing that  – your father Ishmael was an archer."