Adabiyyāt: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra focuses on the studies of language, literature, translation (Arabic, English, and Indonesian) and philology. The articles must be written in Indonesian. Adabiyyāt: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra is published twice a year by the Faculty of Adab and Cultural Sciences, the State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga since 2002.

Adabiyyāt: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra is an accredited journal with 2 rank, approved by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia in Keputusan Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, No. 040/P/2014.

Now, Adabiyyāt: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra is a reaccredited journal with 2 rank, approved by the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Indonesia in Keputusan Menteri Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, No. 10/E/KPT/2019.

Adabiyyāt: Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra has been indexed in Sinta (Science and Technology Index).