They will say: Glory to You! You are our protector, not them; but they were serving the sprites, and most of them believed in them.
The disbelievers are invoking here Lord’s creatures such as saints persons, sprites, angels, etc. besides Lord Allah. When all the creatures of the Lord are summoned in the Hereafter and when the Lord asks the angels “Was it you they were serving”, the reply of angels who do not commit any sin and who do not disobey the Lord’s command is portrayed through these verses. Lord warns such scenes through His Book so that mankind may be aware of the consequence of their false belief, and thereby they may form a real belief about the Lord as the Lord’s Book submits utilizing their intelligence bestowed by Him. But most of them i.e. 999 out of a thousand don’t utilize their intelligence and they are entrapped by Satan as explained in verse 4: 118. They are the Mujirims as explained in verse 7: 40. Without transforming one’s Jinn comrade into a believer with Adhikr, no one becomes a believer as explained in verses 43: 36-39. See explanation 6: 128-130; 25: 17-18, 65-66; 36: 59-62.