The basest of men are they that yield no fruit on earth. — Bahá’u’lláh
O My Servant! The basest of men are they that yield no fruit on earth. Such men are verily counted as among the dead, nay better are the dead in the sight of God than those idle and worthless souls.

Bahá’u’lláh

The Hidden Words, Part Two (Persian), No. 81

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