قبل

4 أَقْبَلْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ ذ I made it to face the thing: (S, K:) and الشَّىْءَ ↓ قَابَلْتُهُ app. signifies the same: see a verse of El-Aashà voce اِرْتِسَامٌ. ― -b2- أَقْبَلَ بِهِ [ He turned it forward; contr. of أَدْبَرَ بِهِ]. (S, K, art. دبر.) ― -b3- أَقْبَلَ He came, facing; (JK, S, * K; *) came forward; came on; advanced; contr. of أَدْبَرَ. (S, K.) ― -b4- أَقْبَلْتُ قِبَلَكَ [not قُبْلَكَ] I advanced, or came, toward thee. Like قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَكَ. (L, art. حرد.) See also Kur, ii. 172. ― -b5- أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He advanced, or approached, towards him, or it. ― -b6- أَقْبَلَ عَلَى اـِنْسَانٍ, as though he desired no other person. (JK.) ― -b7- اقْبَالٌ The advancing of fortune; contr. of اـِدْبَارٌ. ― -b8- الاـِقْبَالُ فِى الدُّنْيَا [ Advance in the world, or in worldly circumstances ]. (Mgh in art. جد.) اـِقْبَالٌ signifies The being fortunate. (KL.) ― -b9- اـِقْبَالٌ i. q. دَوْلَةٌ [ Good fortune; &c.; see تامِكُ]: and عِزَّةٌ [ might; &c.]. (Kull, p. 64.) ― -b10- أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He showed favour to him: or, more properly, he presented a favourable aspect to him; or, accord. to general usage, he met him kindly; see بَشَّ لَهُ. ― -b11- أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا, (A, art. فتح,) The world favoured him. ― -b12- أَقْبَلَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ He set about, or commenced, doing a thing. (K, &c.) ― -b13- See تَصَدَّدَ. ― -b14- أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He clave to it: and he took to, set about, began, or commenced it; as also عليه ↓ قَبَلَ. (K.) ― -b15- [أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ بِالسَّيْفِ, and بِالعَصَا, and بِالسَّوْطِ He advanced against him, or set upon him, with the sword, and with the staff or stick, and with the whip. ] ― -b16- You say, أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْه بِالسَّوْطِ يَضْرِبُهُ [ He advanced against him, or set upon him, with the whip, striking him ]. (S in art. حول.) ― -b17- See قَبَلٌ. ― -b18- يُقْبِلُ بِالدَّلْوِ اـِلَى البِئْرِ and أَمْرُ فُلَانٍ الَى اـِقْبَالٍ: see أَدْبَرَ. ― -b19- أَقْبَل عَلَيْهِ بِالتَّعْنِيفِ: see Har, p. 165 ― -b20- أَقْبِلْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ [ Betake, or apply, thyself to thine own affairs ]. (T, voce اـِلَى.) ― -b21- دَبَرَتْ لَهُ الرِّيحُ بَعْدَ مَا أَقْبَلَتْ: see دبر. ― -b22- أَقْبَلَ [ He recovered, or regained, health; ] occurring in the K, as the explanation of ثَابَ جِسْمُهُ. (K, art. ثوب.) أَقْبَلَ بَعْدَ هُزَالٍ. (K, voce حَشَمَ.) ― -b23- أَقْبَلَ, with reference to the slit ear of a she-camel: see أَدْبَرَ. ― -b24- أَقْبِلْنَا بِذِمَّةٍ, app. a mistranscription for أَقْلِبْنَا: see ذِمَّةٌ.