Given a sentence in Somali language, translate the sentence to English language keeping the meaning of the original sentence intact

Somali sentence: Nabiga wuxuu ka hadlay oo uu soo dhawaataan in Abu Bakr oo wuxuu ku yidhi, "Haddii aan ahaan lahaa in ay ka yeesheen saaxiib dhow kale oo aan ahayn Eebihiin, waxaan qaatay lahaa Abu Bakr my."
The Prophet spoke of his closeness to Abu Bakr saying, "If I were to have taken a close friend other than my Lord, I would have taken Abu Bakr."