﴿ بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ ﴾

“CONSIDER the heavens and that which comes in the night!”

By the heaven and the night-visitor! al-tāriq actually denotes any thing that comes by night including stars because they come out at night.