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Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported in connection with the verse:" Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord," that it related to a group of people who worshipped a party amongst the Jinn. The group from amongst the Jinn embraced Islam, but the people kept worshipping them as they did before, and it was (on this occasion) that the verse was revealed:" Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord." This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sulaiman with the same chain of transmitters

حدثني ابو بكر بن نافع العبدي، حدثنا عبد الرحمن، حدثنا سفيان، عن الاعمش، عن ابراهيم، عن ابي معمر، عن عبد الله، { اوليك الذين يدعون يبتغون الى ربهم الوسيلة} قال كان نفر من الانس يعبدون نفرا من الجن فاسلم النفر من الجن . واستمسك الانس بعبادتهم فنزلت { اوليك الذين يدعون يبتغون الى ربهم الوسيلة} وحدثنيه بشر بن خالد، اخبرنا محمد، - يعني ابن جعفر - عن شعبة، عن سليمان، بهذا الاسناد