Is it better for a student of knowledge to begin memorizing the Qur'an with the Meccan surahs?

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The student: Is it better for a student of knowledge to begin memorizing the Qur'an with the Meccan surahs?

The Shaykh : I think it is better to start by memorizing the Qur'an, because it is more enlivening for him. And if he memorizes portions of the Qur'an, that is better for him; it enlivens him.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : No, it appears that [it is] during their visits to one another.

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