Should a student of knowledge begin by memorizing the Qur'an or by attending scholarly lessons?

Question:
This is a question from a person who says: "Shaykh, I am a student of knowledge passionate about knowledge. What is Your Eminence's guidance for me? Should I start by memorizing the Book of Allah in its entirety, even though I only memorize a little of it, or should I start with scholarly lessons and keep up with them?"

Answer:
You must do what your brothers and colleagues do: study with the brothers in the scientific institutes and the like. If the institutes are available, they are better than anything else, while paying attention to memorizing whatever of the Qur'an is easy for you in the appropriate times. So you must do both this and that, and this is made easy by the praise of Allah. You study the formal curriculum because the need for it is called for today, and it is necessary. Along with that, you study the Book of your Lord at other times, and you have a righteous companion who helps you with that. Whoever walks on the path will see clearly. The calamity is negligence and turning away, and that is the greater one. As for the one who is serious, strives, and walks on the path, he will not lose it, by the permission of Allah. . Yes.