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

Somali sentence: Maalin maalmaha ka mid nabiga ka hadlay doorasho uu la siiyey, iyo Abu Muuse Al Ashari waxa uu inoo sheegayaa waxa uu yidhi, "Waxaan la siiyay doorasho ah isagoo kala bar wax aan quruuntayda ku gali Jannada, ama in lagu siiyo shafeeca ah. Waxaan doortay shafeeca ah sababtoo ah labada waa waasac ka badan.
One day the Prophet spoke of a choice he had been given, and Abu Moses Al Ashari tells us he said, "I was given a choice of either having half of my nation enter Paradise, or being granted the intercession.