His statement, “the small hills,” refers to small mountains; hence a small mountain is called an akamah.

His statement, “the valleys’ interior areas,” means the insides of the valleys—that is, the ravines—because when the valley floors receive rain, water flows through them and large, beneficial trees grow there.

His statement, “the places where trees grow,” is general and includes every tract of land in which trees can grow.

If someone were to ask: Do these supplications encompass all the land?

The answer is: They do not encompass all the land. Thus, high mountain peaks are excluded, because they are neither small hills nor low rises. Barren, saline land upon which nothing grows is likewise excluded, because it is neither among the places where trees grow nor among the valley floors. Thus, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed to Allah, mighty and majestic is He, that rain should fall upon beneficial lands—namely, these four types: the low rises, the small hills, the valley floors, and the places where trees grow.

His statement, “Our Lord, do not burden us with that for which we have no strength to bear,” was not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but it is appropriate.

Therefore, if a person says it without regarding it as an established sunnah, there is nothing wrong with that. But if he says it believing it to be sunnah, then it should not be done.

Here, the author says, “Our Lord, do not burden us,” whereas the verse reads: “Our Lord, and do not burden us.” The conjunction wāw (and) was omitted by the author because, in the verse, it serves to connect with what precedes it, whereas here nothing precedes it for it to connect to,