﴿ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلطَّارِقُ ﴾

“And what could make thee conceive what it is that comes in the night?”

A star shining upon a man is a symbolic reminder of the fact that an Observer is watching him. This Observer is recording man’s deeds. He will resurrect man after his death and take the reckoning of all his deeds. It is the period of respite (during which man is put to the test) which acts as a ‘wedge’ between man and the aforesaid event. As soon as the period of trial is over, he will face the consequences—from which he seems to be far away today.