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Islam is a complete code for life. It offers comprehensive and universal guidance related to moral, economic and social aspects of human life. One of the main goal of Islam is to achieve social peace, for this purpose Quran has various Devine orders. The verse-31 of Surah AlMaidah has detailed all serious crimes in society that lead to polarization at the collective and individual level. Terrorism is also one of those crimes. Some scholars have explained the meaning of the word riot (Fasād’harāba) as terrorism. In this article, this study has been presented that although terrorism is a serious form of riot, it is not a substitute for the Qur'anic term due to several reasons. The purpose of this research paper is to study the term riot and terrorism and to conduct analysis whether these terms may or may not be used alternatively. The research paper is followed by descriptive and analytical methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]