What is athan?

From the dark abyss that is my mind, a thought emerged. Yet I found myself unable to put it into words. It was there; it was very clear; it still is very clear. In spite of its crystal clearness, there was no word for it. The idea was beyond words.

I’m not going to babble about the word I just invented, its origin, pronunciation and such. Here’s the essential: it’s a Sindarin word, that translates as “beyond“. I use it for anything I can’t describe in normal words.

Athan is what lies beyond the horizon. Athan is the meaning of life. Athan is the way clouds slowly disappear from the sky. Athan is nothing and everything.