Children Of Israel Getting Punishment For What They Didn't Know
If two person commits murder but one kills only one person and other kills two. Do you think the punishment must be the same for them? Do you think the magnitude of both actions are same? Because justice demands that they can’t be the same. Ahl-e-Kitab (during that time) were only committing kufr but polytheists were committing kufr AND shirk.