| Maghi | Sikh festival held annualy on January 14 to celebrate the memory of the marytordom of the Forty Immortals in battle at Muktsar. |
| Mahla | Used in the Guru Granth Sahib to indicate the author of a composition by the Gurus. Each Guru used the name Nanak, for example Mahla 5 is Guru Arjan Dev Ji , Mahla 3 is Guru Amardas. |
| Mahant | (Corrupt) Officials who had control of the gurdwaras prior to the Shromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee gaining control in 1925. |
| Manji Sahib | The stool or string bed upon which the Guru Granth Sahib is placed on as a symbol of its sovregnity. |
| Mala | A wool cord with knots or wood beads used as an aid to prayer or meditation by Hindu Sadhus. Sikhs use Simarnas with iron or steel beads. |
| Manmukh | A person who is self-centered and has forgotten God, the opposite of a Gurmukh . |
| Mattha tekna | Bowing down and touching the floor with your forehead in front of the Guru Granth Sahib as a sign of respect. |
| Maya | The illusion of being wrapped up in the material world and being attached to it. |
| Mela | Any Sikh religious festival other than the birth or death of a Guru. |
| Miri & Piri | The concept of spiritual and worldly sovereignty. Sikhs are expected to maintain the balance between the two, this idea was introduced by Guru Hargob
His is without fear. He is inimical to none. His existance is unlimited by time. He is beyond the cycles of birth and death, self existent and can be realized through the grace of the Guru." The Mul Mantra appears over forty times in the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, sometimes in an abbreviated form. |
| Mundavani | The word means seal and refers to the concluding composition by Guru Arjan Dev Ji in the Guru Granth Sahib which describes the spiritual qualites of reading and following the Guru Granth Sahib . |