SIRIUS

Arabic ash-Shiʿrā ( الشعرى‎ ). “The dog-star.” The Almighty is called in the Qurʾān, Sūrah liii. 50 , Rabbu ʾsh-Shiʿrā , the “Lord of the Dog-star.” The Kamālān say that before the time of Muḥammad this star was worshipped by the Banū K͟huzāʿah, hence the reference to it in the Qurʾān.