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If there's one book you get to enhance your comprehension and vocabulary, make it this one. This is the must-have book for anyone who's been trying to find a good Arabic thesaurus. The book is organized by root, much like an Arabic dictionary; each entry contains its definition, multiple synonyms, and, for each synonym, five or so example sentences taken from authentic materials. By authentic materials, I mean real world media (newspapers, radio broadcasts, internet articles, etc.) and literary sources (novels, stories, etc.). In this way, you're not just learning a static definition of some word but how Arabs use it in written form. You are also learning the subtle differences between synonyms by seeing the usages. The book also rates each synonym based on how often you might find it in the sources listed above. On top of all that, it designates each word with a 1,2, or 3 rating based on how "proper" or "standard" the word is perceived to be. In other words, it lets you know if certain key words are considered educated, "high-level Arabic" or if they're more commonplace. This is something you'd learn on your own in conversation with Arabs, but it's a nice feature for a thesaurus.
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