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dark´li: The word occurs in , “For now we see in a mirror, darkly,†in translation of the words ἐν αἰνιÌγματι, en ainıÌgmati, the Revised Version, margin “in a riddle.†The contrast is with the “face to face†vision of Divine things in eternity. Earth's best knowledge is partial, obscure, enigmatic, a broken reflection of the complete truth (“broken lights of Theeâ€).