﴿ قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم ۖ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٱلْجِنَّ ۖ أَكْثَرُهُم بِهِم مُّؤْمِنُونَ ﴾

“They will answer: “Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! Thou [alone] art close unto us, not they! Nay, [when they thought that they were worshipping us,] they were but [blindly] worshipping forces concealed from their senses; most of them believed in them.””

(They) i.e. the angels (will say: Be Thou glorified) they will exonerate Allah. (Thou art our Protector) O our Lord (from them! Nay, but they worshipped the jinn; most of them were believers in them) thinking they were angels.