Editing An-Najm (section)

===49 Surah===
The surah is also known for referencing the star [[Sirius]] in verse 49, where it is given the name {{lang|ar|الشِّعْرَى}} (transliteration: ''aš-ši‘rā'' or ''ash-shira''; the leader).<ref name="Staff2007">{{cite web | author=Staff | date=2007 | url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9067991/Sirius | title=Sirius | publisher=Britannica Online Encyclopedia | access-date=10 September 2007}}</ref> The verse is: "{{lang|ar|وأنَّهُ هُوَ رَبُّ الشِّعْرَى}}", "That He is the Lord of Sirius (the Mighty Star)."<ref name="Quran">{{cite web|title=An-Najm (The Star), Surah 53 |date=2007 |work=Translations of the Qur'an |url=http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/quran/053.qmt.html |publisher=University of Southern California, Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement |access-date=2009-08-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424083652/http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/quran/053.qmt.html |archive-date=2009-04-24 }}</ref>

[[Ibn Kathir]] (d.1373) said in his commentary "that it is the bright star, named Mirzam Al-Jawza' (Sirius), which a group of Arabs used to worship."<ref name = "Quran 4 U"/>{{rp|53:49}} The alternate (to Sirius) ''Aschere'', used by [[Johann Bayer]], is derived from this.<ref name="Allen1899">{{cite book | first=Richard Allen | last=Hinckley | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5xQuAAAAIAAJ | title=Star-names and Their Meanings | publisher=G. E. Stechert | location=New York | date=1899 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_5xQuAAAAIAAJ/page/n139 117]–25}}</ref>