The new textbooks have been designed resting on the concept of Mahawir or "field of activities", under which fall two or three interrelated units dealing with topics related to the daily life and interests of students. Within each unit are seven to eight 'to the point' lesson dealing with conversational Arabic, reading, vocabulary and linguistic structures, applied grammer, spelling and dictation, review and reinforcement and finally cultural enrichment. In addition each of textbook contains a supplement of 4 to 5 units focusing on Islamic themes.

This workbook is designed to be a companion to the “new generation” textbook IQRA’ Arabic Reader 3. All IQRA’ workbooks must be considered an extension of its textbooks and an integral part of the instructional program, without which the learning process will be incomplete. IQRA’ Arabic Reader 3 (Workbook) has been designed to be an exercise and activity book, which complements and reinforces what the student learns from the textbook.