SURAH AL-BAQARAH: 27

Part 3

The sentence "يَنقُضُونَ عَهۡدَ ٱللَّہ" tells us that it is essential for human beings to maintain all those relationships that Allah Ta'alah has commanded us to maintain, and it is Hara'am (impermissible) to break those relationships. Religion is nothing but maintenance of those boundaries that relate to fulfilment of Huqooq-Allah (rights of Allah) and Huqooq al-Ibad (rights of people), and it is observance, or otherwise, of these boundaries that leads to either peace or disorder in this world. 

The other very important matter to understand is that many Muslims who are very observant of external rituals and Ibadah (acts of worship), are not as careful about fulfilling Huqooq al-Ibad and are sometimes quite negligent and careless about rights of people owed towards them. The reason may be that as Huqooq-Allah are attributed towards Allah Ta'alah, and Huqooq al-Ibad towards ordinary people, they attach much greater importance to rights of Allah than of ordinary people. What such people neglect is that Huqooq al-Ibad are in reality also Huqooq-Allah as it is Allah Ta'alah who has determined these Huqooq al-Ibad, and has specified which rights are owed in which relationship. That is why we should be even more careful about not neglecting Huqooq al-Ibad as they are both Huqooq-Allah and Huqooq al-Ibad.

From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE