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Reading and writing competence of Arabic is one of the absolute abilities possessed by students and alumni of Islamic University, but reality in the classroom there are many obstacles encountered. Therefore, this research aims to analyze the ability in writing Arabic of students of Islamic University and offer improvement measures. This research uses descriptive qualitative analysis method, data collection instrument is done through the test sheet to measure the writing ability, further strengthened by the results of interviews and observations during the learning activities take place. The research shows the students competence in writing Arabic is far from ideal because (1) inability to connect hijaiyah letters and distinguish them when connected, (2) inability to distinguish makhraj that make them difficult to write without looking at the text. Solutions that offered, (1) doing a combination of learning methods and strategies, (2) designing syllabus based on the stages of the problems faced by the students.

Student’s ability; writing; Arabic; Islamic university