Sirius __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text SIRIUS. Arabic ash-Shi'ra الشعرى "The dog-star." The Almighty is called in the Qur'an, Surah liii. 50. Rabbu 'sh-Shi'ra, the "Lord of the Dog-star." The Kemalan say that before the time or Muhammad this star was worehipped by the Banu Khuza'ah, hence the reference to it in the Qur'an. Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail