Time to evoke God less often

Jeremiah needs to cut down on his evocation of God.

As you may know, Jeremiah had previously lived in the Middle East, where God's name was evoked daily and frequently as a fact of life (read: Inshaallah - God willing, and Al-Humdulillah - thank God). Perhaps due to divine inspiration, these two words instinctly came back to Jeremiah in Yogja. Since the two words are in the Bahasa Indonesian lexicon and form 10 percent of the Bahasa Indonesian words that Jeremiah knows, Jeremiah had been using them so frequently over the past few days that he had probably put some Arab-Indonesians to shame.

A typical conversation with the gurus would go as follows:


Guru: Apa kabar? (How are you?)
Jeremiah: Al-Humdulillah. (instead of "Baik" - OK)

Guru: Please remember to practice your Bahasa and do your homework
Jeremiah: Baik, Inshaallah
(In some Arab contexts, this would mean that I may or may not practice my Bahasa and do my homework. If I don't, it means God was not willing.)


So, ya, Jeremiah would like to cut down on his use of "Al-Humdulillah" and "Inshaallah".

Inshaallah, he will succeed. Then, he can say "Al-Humdulillah".