Who are 'aaleen' in this verse?

[Skeptic]

38:75 ((Allah)) said: "O Iblis! What prevents thee from prostrating thyself to one whom I have created with my hands? Art thou haughty? Or art thou one of the high (and mighty) ones?"
قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ

بِيَدَيَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنتَ مِنَ الْعَالِينَ (38:75)

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in the above aayah kareema, Allah(S) says to iblis that why dont you prostrate to Adam(A) then gives two options or reasons for iblis's refusal.

1. takabbur
2. or are you from 'aaleen'

now, ISHARA in kalam Allah cannot be a hypothetical so there are personalities or 'musharun elay' addressed as 'aaleen' same root letter as ALI. however, the reason iblis did not do sajda because either of takabbur or belonging to aaleen. he is obviously not from aaleen; the exempt ones so his refusal was because of pride.

it is also clear from Qoran shareef that categorically every single 'angel' prostrated without exception so aaleen cannot be angels either.

therefore the big question is Who are these aaleen. if Allah(S) does ishara then it necessitates that there are its musharun elay in reality who were exempt from prostration.

[wabiljahil]

. إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلاَئِهِ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا وَكَانُوا قَوْمًا عَالِينَ

{Refer 23:46}

وَجَحَدُوا بِهَا وَاسْتَيْقَنَتْهَا أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًا وَعُلُوًّا فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُفْسِدِينَO

Refer 27:14

أَلَّا تَعْلُوا عَلَيَّ وَأْتُونِي مُسْلِمِينَ

عَالِينَ Its Root is ع ل و
I hope the comparison will make the point/querry/confusion clear.
Pride is different from being contemptuous. Iblees in his reply confirmed that not only he had the pride of having been created from "fire" {here too he was stupid since he was created from "flame" (Naris samoom, Marajin min naar) flame is actually glow of gasses} but also showed contempt and disregard for Adam alaihissalam.