أَقْبَلْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ

I made it to face the thing: (S, K:) and الشَّىْءَ ↓ قَابَلْتُهُ apparently signifies the same: see a verse of El-Aashà voce اِرْتِسَامٌ.

أَقْبَلَ بِهِ [He turned it forward; opposite of أَدْبَرَ بِهِ]. (S, K, article دبر.)

أَقْبَلَ He came, facing; (JK, S, * K; *) came forward; came on; advanced; opposite of أَدْبَرَ. (S, K.)

أَقْبَلْتُ قِبَلَكَ [not قُبْلَكَ] I advanced, or came, toward thee. Like قَصَدْتُ قَصْدَكَ. (L, article حرد.) See also Qur'an, 2:172.

أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He advanced, or approached, towards him, or it.

أَقْبَلَ عَلَى إِنْسَانٍ, as though he desired no other person. (JK.)

اقْبَالٌ The advancing of fortune; opposite of إِدْبَارٌ.

الإِقْبَالُ فِى الدُّنْيَا [Advance in the world, or in worldly circumstances]. (Mgh in article جد.) إِقْبَالٌ signifies The being fortunate. (KL.)

إِقْبَالٌ i. q. دَوْلَةٌ [Good fortune; &c.; see تامِكُ]: and عِزَّةٌ [might; &c.]. (Kull, p. 64.)

أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He showed favour to him: or, more properly, he presented a favourable aspect to him; or, according to general usage, he met him kindly; see بَشَّ لَهُ.

أَقْبَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا, (A, article فتح,) The world favoured him.

أَقْبَلَ عَلَى شَىْءٍ He set about, or commenced, doing a thing. (K, &c.)

See تَصَدَّدَ.

أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ He clave to it: and he took to, set about, began, or commenced it; as also عليه ↓ قَبَلَ. (K.)

[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.]

You say, أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْه بِالسَّوْطِ يَضْرِبُهُ [He advanced against him, or set upon him, with the whip, striking him]. (S in article حول.)

See قَبَلٌ.

يُقْبِلُ بِالدَّلْوِ إِلَى البِيءْرِ and أَمْرُ فُلَانٍ الَى إِقْبَالٍ: see أَدْبَرَ.

أَقْبَل عَلَيْهِ بِالتَّعْنِيفِ: see Har, p. 165

أَقْبِلْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ [Betake, or apply, thyself to thine own affairs]. (T, voce إِلَى.)

دَبَرَتْ لَهُ الرِّيحُ بَعْدَ مَا أَقْبَلَتْ: see دبر.

أَقْبَلَ [He recovered, or regained, health;] occurring in the K, as the explanation of ثَابَ جِسْمُهُ. (K, article ثوب.) أَقْبَلَ بَعْدَ هُزَالٍ. (K, voce حَشَمَ.)

أَقْبَلَ, with reference to the slit ear of a she-camel: see أَدْبَرَ.

أَقْبِلْنَا بِذِمَّةٍ, apparently a mistranscription for أَقْلِبْنَا: see ذِمَّةٌ.