حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ‏<a href="https://quran.com/17/2-2">{‏إِلَى رَبِّهِمِ الْوَسِيلَةَ‏}</a>‏ قَالَ كَانَ نَاسٌ مِنَ الإِنْسِ يَعْبُدُونَ نَاسًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ، فَأَسْلَمَ الْجِنُّ، وَتَمَسَّكَ هَؤُلاَءِ بِدِينِهِمْ‏.‏ زَادَ الأَشْجَعِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ‏.‏ ‏<a href="https://quran.com/17/56-56">{‏قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ‏}</a>‏

باب ‏<a href="https://quran.com/17/56-56">{‏قُلِ ادْعُوا الَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ مِنْ دُونِهِ فَلاَ يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ الضُّرِّ عَنْكُمْ وَلاَ تَحْوِيلاً‏}</a>‏

Narrated `Abdullah:

Regarding the explanation of the Verse: 'Those whom they call upon (worship) (like Jesus the Son of 
Mary, angels etc.) desire (for themselves) means of access to their Lord (Allah) as to which of them 
should be the nearer and they hope for His Mercy and fear His torment.' (17.57) They themselves (e.g. 
Angels, saints, Apostles, Jesus, etc.,) worshipped Allah, Those Jinns who were worshipped by some 
Arabs became Muslims (embraced Islam), but those human beings stuck to their (old) religion. Al- 
A`mash said extra: 'Say, (O Muhammad): Call unto those besides Him whom you assume (to be 
gods).' (17.56)

"Say (O Muḥammad pbuh): 'Call upon those besides Him whom you pretend (to be gods)..." (V.17:56)

Sahih al-Bukhari

حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ ‏<a href="https://quran.com/17/2-2">{‏الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَى رَبِّهِمِ الْوَسِيلَةَ‏}</a>‏ قَالَ نَاسٌ مِنَ الْجِنِّ ‏{‏كَانُوا‏}‏ يُعْبَدُونَ فَأَسْلَمُوا‏.‏

باب قَوْلِهِ ‏<a href="https://quran.com/17/2-2">{‏أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَى رَبِّهِمِ الْوَسِيلَةَ‏}</a>‏ الآيَةَ

Narrated `Abdullah:

Regarding the Verse: 'Those whom they call upon (worship) (like Jesus the Son of Mary or angels 
etc.) desire (for themselves) means of access, to their Lord....' (17.57) (It was revealed regarding) 
some Jinns who used to be worshipped (by human beings). They later embraced Islam (while those 
people kept on worshipping them).

The Statement of Allah the Exalted: "Those whom they call upon [like 'Isa (Jesus) the son of Maryam (Mary), 'Uzair (Ezra) angels, etc.] desire (for themselves) means of access to their Lord (Allah)..." (V.17:57)