What are the individual obligations (fard al-ayn) that someone who wishes to seek sacred knowledge and memorize the Noble Qur'an must learn first, and what program is suggested for that?

You have done well in intending to seek knowledge and memorize the Qur'an. The first thing that must be started with is learning the individual obligations (fard al-ayn) such as the rulings of prayer, purity (tahara), and fasting. Then, you move on to communal obligations (fard al-kifaya). The beginning should be by memorizing abridged texts and their commentaries under a knowledgeable shaykh, then gradually progressing to memorizing medium-sized and lengthy books.