Why did God create death, ugliness or unlovely things?

While we see and enjoy beauties in the universe and in our world, we also see ugliness, deaths, misery and illnesses.

What can be the wisdom behind their creation? Let's hear some insight into the matter:

"The First Part of the Question: You are saying in this Station that beauty, good, and justice encompass the universe, so what do you say to all the ugliness, disasters, illness, tribulations, and death we see around us?

The Answer: A single instance of ugliness which results in or shows up numerous instances of beauty is indirectly an instance of beauty. While the non-existence of an ugliness, or its being invisible, which then conceals numerous instances of beauty and does not permit them to be seen, is not a single, but a manifold, ugliness. For example, if an ugliness which is a unit of measurement is non-existent, the beauty would be of only one sort, and its numerous degrees would remain concealed. For it is through the intervention of ugliness that the degrees of beauty unfold. Just as the degrees of heat become apparent through the existence of cold, and the degrees of light are known through darkness, so universal instances of good, universal benefits, universal bounties, and universal instances of beauty become apparent through there being minor instances of evil, harm, calamities and ugliness. This means that the creation of ugliness is not ugly, it is beautiful, because the majority of its results are beautiful. Yes, a lazy man who suffers loss due to the rain, cannot deny the good results it produces in the name of mercy; he cannot transform the mercy into harm.

As for transience and death, it is demonstrated with extremely powerful and decisive proofs in the Twenty-Fourth Letter that they are not contrary to general mercy, all-embracing beauty, and comprehensive good; in fact, they are necessitated by them. The creation of Satan, even, since he is the cause of striving and competition, the springs of man’s spiritual progress, is also good, as is the creation of his species; their creation is beautiful in that respect. Also, for unbelievers to suffer torments in Hell even is good, since through their unbelief they have transgressed the rights of all beings and insulted their honour. These two points have been explained in detail in other treatises, so here we are curtailing the discussion with this brief indication".

(photo from: http://www.heatmat.co.uk/under-floor-heating-news/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/The-Glowworm.jpg)

The important points raised by this excerpt is that what we see as ugly in the universe are actually tools for understanding the beauty better. As given as an example, the degree of darkness is a good benchmark for appreciating the beauty of light. The term beauty and ugliness may not be taken only for physical matters but for immaterial aspects of life as well like troubled moments which make happy moments precious.

Imagine a life which is never afflicted with trouble? Would not it be tasteless and boring? Compare health and ailment, sight and blindness etc.

Another point is that creation of something ugly is not an ugliness per se. As I have discussed this matter in my entry for "creation of Satan", it would be good to refer there. This example given in the excerpt tells it quite well.

For more, please read here for the continuation of the question in the excerpt: http://www.nur.gen.tr/en.html#leftmenu=Risale&maincontent=Risale&islem=read&KitapId=22&BolumId=760&KitapAd=The+Rays&Page=41