: The purposes of research is to describes: (1) element intrinsic which was found in novel Dalam Mihrab Cinta by Habiburrahman El Shirazy; (2) factors behind the creation of novel Dalam Mihrab Cinta by Habiburrahman El Shirazy;(3) education value in novel Dalam Mihrab Cinta by Habiburrahman El Shirazy; and (4) reader conception in novel Dalam Mihrab Cinta by Habiburrahman El Shirazy. This research method was using descriptive qualitative, using the approach of literary sociology. Data sources used were document and informant. The results of this research are: 1) element intrinsic which was found in novel Dalam Mihrab Cinta by Habiburrahman El Shirazy: plot, theme, character, setting, point of view, message; 2) factors behind the creation of novel Dalam Mihrab Cinta by Habiburrahman El Shirazy; author wanted to show the proverbial “becik ketitik ala kethara” that truth will appear and crime will appear later; 3) education value in novel Dalam Mihrab Cinta: religion value, social value, moral value, and esthetic value; 4) In response to readers of the novel Dalam Mihrab Cinta, they generally feel carried away when reading the novel.