The manuscript gives exactly the same geometric demonstration as is found in Al-Jabr, and in one case the same example as found in Al-Jabr, and even goes beyond Al-Jabr by giving a geometric proof that if the discriminant is negative then the quadratic equation has no solution. The similarity between these two works has led some historians to conclude that algebra may have been well developed by the time of al-Khwarizmi and 'Abd al-Hamid.
The manuscript shares the same geometric demonstration as Al-Jabr, and also features identical examples with Al-Jabr. Moreover, it builds upon Al-Jabr's work by providing a geometric proof that a quadratic equation has no solution when its discriminant is negative. This overlap has led some historians to propose that algebra was likely well-developed during al-Khwarizmi's and 'Abd al-Hamid's time.