A supernatural species
وَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ {56}
And I have not Created ‘الْجِنَّ’ the Jinn and the Humans except to be worshipping Me [51:56]
فَنَسَخَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ مَا تَقَدَّمَهَا وَ نَسَخَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى وَ ما خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَ الْإِنْسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ قَوْلَهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ لا يَزالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ رَبُّكَ وَ لِذلِكَ خَلَقَهُمْ أَيْ لِلرَّحْمَةِ خَلَقَهُمْ
This Verse Abrogated what preceded it. And Words of the Exalted: And I have not Created the Jinn and the Humans except to be worshipping Me [51:56], is Abrogated by Words of Mighty and Majestic: and they will not stop differing [11:118] Except the one whom your Lord shows Mercy, and it is for that He Created them. [11:119], i.e., He-azwj Created them for the Mercy (an extract).[1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 90 – The Book of Quran – Ch 129 H 2