Revelation And Being Grateful
As a principle, as you mentioned yourself, the level and severity of accountability will be lessened for the subjects and circumstances that you mentioned above and there is a clear nas of Quran which does indicate this: Discussion 31131 • Reply 31203 It would be deprivation only when the end result would be different for each and every individual because of absence of prophethood/revelation. But when a just adjustment will be made for every individual which would account for these factors and maintain the equilibrium of justice for every situation and every individual, then this concept of deprivation doesn’t hold any ground I think. Just the way absence of revelation lessens the accountability, similarly, the presence of revelation intensifies the accountability.