<![CDATA[This study aims to analyze whether the textbook "Al-Muhadatsah Fi Lughah Al-Arabiyyah" by Sutaji Tajuddin meets the criteria as an effective textbook for teaching reading skills (maharatul qiroah) in Arabic for beginners. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method with a content analysis approach. The data analyzed are words, sentences, paragraphs and images contained in the textbook. The results showed that the textbook has made efforts to meet the criteria as a textbook for teaching basic level reading skills. This can be seen from the presentation of short readings with themes from students' daily lives to make it easier to understand. In addition, the book also uses simple vocabulary and sentence patterns following the development of beginner reading skills. However, the analysis found that the book still requires some improvements to become a more effective maharatul qiroah textbook. The required improvements include adding a glossary to help understand difficult vocabulary, adding audio recordings as examples of correct pronunciation, and providing answer keys to reading comprehension exercises so students can learn independently. With slight improvements in content and material presentation methods, the Al-Muhadatsah Fi Lughah Al-Arabiyyah textbook can be optimized to become a very effective and high-quality maharatul qiroah textbook. This textbook is expected to provide provision and train students to have good and fluent Arabic reading skills, which will later become the basis for mastering oral and written communication skills in Arabic more broadly.]]>
